“The proposal had come repeatedly, but initially I did not agree,” she had told reporters last week when the party leadership was considering to give her a ticket. “Finally, I decided to become a candidate to uproot the TMC due to growing atrocities against women and the lack of safety for them. Her daughter, a 31-year-old postgraduate trainee, was raped and murdered at night inside her workplace, RG Kar campus in August 2024. The atrocity had triggered people’s outrage, including the medical fraternity, which led to largely spontaneous street protests across the country, drawing international attention. CPI-M has pitted its young women leader Meenakshi Mukherjee from the same seat.

Source: Indian Express March 25, 2026 17:15 UTC