RG Kar victim's parents urge all non-TMC parties to join Nabanna Abhijan march on August 9
The parents had been requested by BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari to be part of the march on August 9 where no party flags would be carried and the only slogan will be 'We demand justice'.
Adhikari told reporters that he and other BJP leaders would participate in the rally, calling for a thorough investigation into the larger conspiracy behind the incident and demanding that all perpetrators involved in the heinous crime be brought to justice.
The victim's father, speaking to reporters in Sodepur, near Kolkata, said: "From SUCI (Communist) to CPI(M), Congress and BJP — we are urging all parties, except TMC, to join this rally for justice — not just for our daughter, but for every woman who has been brutalised."
Asked why the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) was being excluded, he alleged: "Because TMC leaders and the administration tried to hush up the investigation into my daughter's death and attempted to dispose of her body at the earliest."
Responding to the family's allegations, TMC state general secretary Kunal Ghosh said, "While we sympathise with the parents of the RG Kar victim, what they are saying is unfortunate. Their actions appear to be prompted and influenced by certain quarters."
Ghosh further added that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), after taking over the case, could not find anything new beyond the findings of the original police probe and one person, found to be behind the ghastly crime, has been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by court.
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