NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress on Sunday issued a show cause to party MLA Madan Mitra for making controversial remarks over the alleged gangrape of a law student in her college in Kolkata.
In a circular issued by the party's Bengal president Subrata Bakshi, Mitra has been show caused for violating party rules and a reply has been sought within three days.
"Your unsolicited, unnecessary, and insensitive comments on 28th June 2025 have severely damaged the image of our party. At the same time, your remarks stand in direct contradiction to the firm stance taken by the party," the letter read.
"For this act of violating party discipline, you are hereby directed to show cause within the next three days," it added.
This comes a day after Mitra had said that the incident would not have happened had the student not gone to the college alone and that she should have taken some friends with her or informed people before going there.
"This incident has sent a message to girls that if someone calls you when the college is closed, don't go, nothing good will come of it. If that girl had not gone there, this incident wouldn't have happened," Mitra said.
"The one who committed this dirty deed took advantage of the situation," he said.
Earlier, TMC MP and chief whip in the Lok Sabha also made controversial remarks on the incident and said, "If a friend rapes a friend, how can you ensure security? Will the police be there in schools? This was done by students to another student. Who will protect her (victim)?"
The party, however, distanced itself from the comments of the two leaders and termed those as their personal statements.
"The remarks made by MP Kalyan Banerjee and MLA Madan Mitra concerning the heinous crime at South Calcutta Law College were made in their personal capacities. The party unequivocally disassociates itself from their statements and strongly condemns the same. These views do not reflect the position of the party in any manner whatsoever," the Trinamool Congress posted on X.
A 24-year-old student of South Calcutta Law College was brutally gangraped inside the college premises on June 25.
The main accused, Manojit Mishra, and his accomplices, Zaib Ahmed and Pramit Mukhopadhyay, have been remanded to police custody till July 1.
In a circular issued by the party's Bengal president Subrata Bakshi, Mitra has been show caused for violating party rules and a reply has been sought within three days.
"Your unsolicited, unnecessary, and insensitive comments on 28th June 2025 have severely damaged the image of our party. At the same time, your remarks stand in direct contradiction to the firm stance taken by the party," the letter read.
"For this act of violating party discipline, you are hereby directed to show cause within the next three days," it added.
This comes a day after Mitra had said that the incident would not have happened had the student not gone to the college alone and that she should have taken some friends with her or informed people before going there.
"This incident has sent a message to girls that if someone calls you when the college is closed, don't go, nothing good will come of it. If that girl had not gone there, this incident wouldn't have happened," Mitra said.
"The one who committed this dirty deed took advantage of the situation," he said.
Earlier, TMC MP and chief whip in the Lok Sabha also made controversial remarks on the incident and said, "If a friend rapes a friend, how can you ensure security? Will the police be there in schools? This was done by students to another student. Who will protect her (victim)?"
The party, however, distanced itself from the comments of the two leaders and termed those as their personal statements.
"The remarks made by MP Kalyan Banerjee and MLA Madan Mitra concerning the heinous crime at South Calcutta Law College were made in their personal capacities. The party unequivocally disassociates itself from their statements and strongly condemns the same. These views do not reflect the position of the party in any manner whatsoever," the Trinamool Congress posted on X.
A 24-year-old student of South Calcutta Law College was brutally gangraped inside the college premises on June 25.
The main accused, Manojit Mishra, and his accomplices, Zaib Ahmed and Pramit Mukhopadhyay, have been remanded to police custody till July 1.
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