Kolkata, Oct 03 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday led a protest march against the alleged Hathras gangrape incident.
The All India Trinamool Congress chief started walking from Kolkata's Birla Planetarium to the Gandhi Statue in Central Kolkata - a distance of about 3km - from 4pm.
The protest rally came a day after a team of Trinamool Congress members were barred from entering Hathras to meet the victim's family.
While party MP Pratima Mondal was manhandled by the police, MP Derek O'Brien was shoved to the ground.
Ms Banerjee said, " I felt like running to UP. My heart today is in Hathras. Our representatives went to Hathras but were stopped 1km from the village. The females were beaten, even journalists. It has come to my notice that journalists are receiving threats since yesterday. "
" The Kisan Samaj, youth, students, minorities, Dalits are being pushed towards darkness but we will lead them towards the light. "
" Encounters in Uttar, Delhi riots, the killings of journalists but how many people have got justice? Trinamool Congress will continue to raise our voices for them. My only caste is humanity, " she stated.
" Criminal offences can happen anywhere, we condemn it regardless of where it happens. But people expect justice when these things happen. But what happened there? " she questioned.
" Without giving the body to the family, police burnt the body without giving the body to the family. They have taken away their phones, not allowing the media to meet the family, " Ms Banerjee said.
" This is a super autocracy, this is not a democracy. BJP is the biggest pandemic, " she alleged.
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