In Kolkata, on March 26, the grieving parents of the young doctor who was raped and murdered at RG Kar Hospital expressed their belief that only the BJP can bring justice for their daughter and ensure the safety of women in West Bengal. They spoke a day after the victim's mother secured a BJP ticket to contest the upcoming assembly elections.
Ratna Debnath, the deceased doctor's mother, has been nominated by the BJP from the Panihati constituency, a stronghold of the TMC.
Nearly a year and a half after the brutal killing of their 26-year-old daughter inside a locked seminar room of the state-run hospital in August 2024, the parents stated that they now believe political change is essential for the truth to fully emerge.
In an interview with