'An anti-women state': BJP shares video of brutal assault on woman in West Bengal; slams Mamata Banerjee

NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday shared a video alleging that a woman and her family members were brutally assaulted with bamboo sticks in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district.The incident reportedly took place in Uttar Bhangnamari village under the Basanti block of the Canning sub-division. The main accused named were Jalil Laskar, Munna Laskar, Arif Laskar. The video, which shows the woman and her family being attacked in broad daylight, was posted on X by BJP’s information technology cell chief and the party’s central observer for West Bengal, Amit Malviya.“No woman is safe in Mamata Banerjee’s West Bengal. Disturbing visuals have emerged from Uttar Bhangnamari village under Basanti Block in the Canning Subdivision of South 24 Parganas district. As per the complainant, Jalil Laskar, Munna Laskar, Arif Laskar and others brutally assaulted her and her family members. The video speaks for itself,” Malviya claimed in his post. Leader of opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, also shared the video on his X handle and said, “This Anti Women State Govt must be ousted for the sake of safety of Women of West Bengal.”Malviya said that regardless of the dispute, it was horrifying to see women being beaten with bamboo and large sticks in public. “What is even more shocking is the complete absence of fear of the law. Such brazen violence suggests that the perpetrators are confident of getting away, either because of political patronage or the complicity and apathy of the state machinery,” he added.Also read: If infiltrators in West Bengal, who attacked Delhi, Pahalgam, asks DidiBJP leader Sudhanshu Trivedi said, "The manner in which women were assaulted in West Bengal under the Mamata Banerjee government has caused concern across the country. It reflects a complete breakdown of law and order in the state."