KOLKATA: Senior Trinamool Congress leader and MLA Madan Mitra has tendered an unconditional apology to the party for his comments on the victim in the alleged gang rape incident at the South Calcutta Law College.
Earlier, the Trinamool Congress on Sunday issued a show cause notice to Mitra for his controversial comment on Saturday, where he remarked, “If that girl hadn’t gone, this wouldn’t have happened. If she had informed someone or taken two friends along, this could have been avoided.”
According to sources, in the first part of his response, he has unconditionally apologised to the party for his comments. In the second part, he has also provided an explanation regarding the context in which he made these remarks. Sources said the party will take the next decision after considering Mitra’s response.
In the show cause letter sent to Mitra, Trinamool Congress West Bengal State President Subrata Bakshi stated, “A very heinous and tragic incident has taken place against a law student in Kasba, Kolkata. The party's top leadership has expressed regret over this very sensitive incident of sad and brutal torture. The incident has been strongly condemned. The administration is taking necessary action. The miscreants have been identified and arrested quickly.”
“Your unwanted, unnecessary and insensitive comments in this regard have hurt the image of our party in every way. At the same time, your comments are against the party's strict stand. You are asked to reply to this show cause notice within three days on why strict actions would not be taken against you,” he added.