'Factually incorrect': Centre schools Mamata Banerjee on 2nd letter to PM on Kolkata rape
Mamata Banerjee and Narendra Modi
The central government has hit back at Mamata Banerjee after the West Bengal chief minister wrote a second letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting stringent central legislation, in connection to the Kolkata horror rape-murder of a doctor.
While Mamata attempted to shift the blame, thecentral government did not have any of it and said her administration had not done enough to implement the same in “letter and spirit” in the state. It also added that Mamta's letter and its contents were 'factually incorrect'.
"In spite of the pendency of 48,600 rape and POCSO cases in West Bengal, the State has not operationalised additional 11 FTSCs which may be exclusive POCSO courts or combined FTSCs dealing with both rape and POCSO cases, as per the state's requirement," said Annapurna Devi, Union minister for women and child development, in the letter.
“As may be seen, the information contained in your letter in this regard is factually incorrect and appears to be a step in the direction to cover up the delays in operationalising the FTSCs by the state,” the letter added.
महिलाओं को सशक्त बनाना और उन्हें सुरक्षित वातावरण प्रदान करना भारत सरकार की सर्वोच्च प्राथमिकता है। सरकार महिला सुरक्षा के प्रति पूर्णतः समर्पित है और इसे अपनी प्रमुख जिम्मेदारी मानती है। (1/2) ...@narendramodi | @MamataOfficial pic.twitter.com/zKNa1AzNyN
The union minister added that the enactments by the centre were comprehensive and stringent enough to tackle the violence and crimes against women.
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"If the state government follows the central legislations in letter and spirit, it will certainly have a lasting impact on strengthening the criminal justice system, bringing the perpetrators of such crimes to face the consequences commensurate with the offence and also in ensuring justice to the victims or survivors," the union minister said.
What did Mamata say in the letter?
In a copy of the letter posted on X (formerly Twitter), Mamata accused the centre for not taking her concerns seriously.
"No reply was received from your end on such a sensitive issue," she wrote.
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader said the reply by Devi barely attended the "gravity of the issue" raised in her letter.
"I am of the thought that the seriousness of the subject and its relevance to the society have not been adequately appreciated while sending out this generic reply," she added.
She had written the first letter to the PM last week with a request to create a tough central law to punish rapists. Additionally, she called for the establishment of fast-track special courts to ensure speedy trials.
(With inputs from agencies)