NEW DELHI: Responding to Mamata Banerjee’s letter to PM Modi, Union minister for women and child development Annapurna Devi said West Bengal CM gave “factually incorrect” information in “what appears to be” an attempt “to cover up the delay in operationalising Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs)”.
Banerjee, first wrote to PM Modi on Aug 22 following the nationwide uproar over the rape and murder of a doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on Aug 9.In her fresh missive to PM on Friday, Banerjee outrightly rejected the points raised by the WCD minister related to serious gaps in implementation in West Bengal of central schemes involving FTSCs and women’s helpline. The WCD minister followed up with a letter addressed to Banerjee later at night on Friday.
On the status of FTSCs and exculsive Pocso courts in West Bengal, the WCD minister says, “according to information received from Calcutta HC, West Bengal has established 88 FTCs, which are not the same as FTSCs covered under central govt’s scheme.”
Banerjee, first wrote to PM Modi on Aug 22 following the nationwide uproar over the rape and murder of a doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on Aug 9.In her fresh missive to PM on Friday, Banerjee outrightly rejected the points raised by the WCD minister related to serious gaps in implementation in West Bengal of central schemes involving FTSCs and women’s helpline. The WCD minister followed up with a letter addressed to Banerjee later at night on Friday.
On the status of FTSCs and exculsive Pocso courts in West Bengal, the WCD minister says, “according to information received from Calcutta HC, West Bengal has established 88 FTCs, which are not the same as FTSCs covered under central govt’s scheme.”
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