Saket Gokhale refutes claims of Kolkata Police bribing parents in doctor rape-murder case
Kolkata: TMC MP Saket Gokhale has refuted media claims regarding the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, accusing certain outlets of spreading misinformation to advance a political agenda.
In his post on X, Gokhale stated, "Devious FAKE news again. The victim’s PARENTS have categorically denied this on video. So Shekhar Gupta gets someone to make this statement & says they are victim’s FAMILY. Who is more trustworthy: PARENTS or 'FAMILY'? A new cunning wordplay for spreading BJP’s fake agenda."
Gokhale’s post came in response to reports suggesting that the victim's family had accused the Kolkata Police of offering them money while they were grieving with their daughter's mortal remains at home. Gokhale in the post has said that the victim’s parents denied making such claims, casting doubt on the credibility of these allegations and questioned the media’s sources.
The case, which has sparked widespread protests and public outrage, involves the alleged rape and murder of a 31-year-old doctor whose body was found in a semi-naked state at the college seminar hall on August 9, 2024. The investigation has since been handed over to the CBI.
Devious FAKE news again.
— Saket Gokhale MP (@SaketGokhale) September 5, 2024
The victim’s PARENTS have categorically denied this on video.
So Shekhar Gupta gets someone to make this statement & says they are victim’s FAMILY.
Who is more trustworthy: PARENTS or “FAMILY”?
A new cunning wordplay for spreading BJP’s fake agenda. https://t.co/7QVEoN6y3C
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
