3Photo© hindustantimes.com'Ignored sacred duty': Rijiju targets Mamata amid anti-rape bill row, shares old letter
In a letter shared on his official X (formerly Twitter) account, Rijiju, who was the then law minister, shared a 2021 letter where he said that Parliament had already passed a stringent law in 2018 to deal with heinous crimes like rape.
Rijiju’s post comes a day after the unanimous passage of the Aparajita Women and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill, 2024 by the West Bengal legislative assembly.
“I feel sad that Chief Minister of West Bengal ignored her most sacred duty of providing quick Justice for women & children. This letter of 2021 clearly shows it. In 2018, a stringent law was passed by- Parliament to deal with heinous crimes like rape. State governments must act”, he wrote while sharing a picture of the letter addressed to CM Banerjee on X.