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RG Kar victim’s mother rejects TMC MLA compensation comparison
Ratna Debnath, the mother of the RG Kar hospital rape-murder victim and now a BJP MLA, has rejected Trinamool Congress MLA Kunal Ghosh's attempt to compare the Rs 10 lakh compensation given…
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Ratna Debnath, the mother of the RG Kar hospital rape-murder victim and now a BJP MLA, has rejected Trinamool Congress MLA Kunal Ghosh's attempt to compare the Rs 10 lakh compensation given to the family of a TMC worker who died in police custody with the same amount announced after her daughter's death. She said the two cases were fundamentally different because her daughter was killed while on duty at a state-run hospital, and the then government failed to take action against those responsible.
Debnath pointed out that in the Halisahar custodial death case, the chief minister provided compensation, a government job, and initiated action against accused police officers. Ghosh had questioned why the earlier payment was called an attempt to 'buy silence' while a similar payment was now being defended as legitimate. The exchange highlights how compensation has become a political flashpoint in West Bengal.
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Both parties are using compensation to score political points rather than address systemic failures. The TMC cries hypocrisy while the BJP claims double standards, but neither side questions why compensation amounts are uniform for widely different tragedies. The real test will be whether the Halisahar investigation leads to convictions and whether the RG Kar case sees any further accountability beyond the life sentence already handed down.
Source: rediff.com
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