Prez's disappointment over Kolkata rape shows Bengal's indifference: UP CM
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said President Droupadi Murmu's "disappointment" over the rape and murder of a doctor in Kolkata reveals "utter indifference and unpardonable insensitivity" of West Bengal government towards the women's safety.
The chief minister's reaction came after President Murmu, in an exclusive signed article for PTI, spoke out for the first time on the Kolkata rape-murder and expressed her anguish at continuing crimes against women.
Declaring that "enough is enough", Murmu said it is time for India to wake up to the "perversion" of crimes against women and counter the mindset that sees women as "less powerful, less capable, less intelligent".
Adityanath took to social media and said the "disappointment" expressed by the President on the "gruesome" incident that happened with the lady doctor in Kolkata reveals the "utter indifference and unpardonable insensitivity" of Mamata Banerjee government of West Bengal towards the safety of ...