Bengal bypolls: RG Kar dominates BJP's line of campaigning
The Statesman|November 09, 2024
The rape and murder of a junior doctor of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital here in August, is dominating BJP's line of campaigning for the forthcoming bypolls for six Assembly constituencies in West Bengal.
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Bengal bypolls: RG Kar dominates BJP's line of campaigning

The campaigning task for the saffron camp is mainly being organised by the BJP's state president in West Bengal and Union Minister of State Sukanta Majumdar and the Leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly Suvendu Adhikari; and in every election meeting, both of them are issuing appeals towards the women voters to keep the R.G. Kar tragedy in mind before pressing the EVM button.

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