The Calcutta High Court dismissed a PIL against the BJP’s Bengal Bandh, citing the petitioner’s prior prohibition from filing PILs. The BJP had called for the bandh in response to a doctor’s rape and murder, sparking student protests. The PIL argued that such bandhs disrupt public life and infringe on citizens’ rights.
Today(on August 28), the BJP’s Bengal unit has called for a 12-hour Bangla Bandh to protest alleged police atrocities on students. The students were demonstrating against the recent rape and murder of a doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar hospital, an incident that has ignited widespread outrage across the state.
