RG Kar vandalism: BJP demands Mamata's resignation amid protests

The BJP on Thursday demanded the resignation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the vandalism at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital where junior doctors were on cease work protesting the alleged rape and murder of a post-graduate trainee last week. The hooliganism that took place in the early hours of Thursday at R G Kar Hospital crossed all limits, ruling TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee said, asking the police to arrest every perpetrator, regardless of their political affiliations, within a day. "When peaceful citizens of West Bengal took to the streets, vicious thugs, in a premeditated strike, ransacked RG Kar Hospital, leaving chaos and injuries in their wake," the BJP said in an X post. The vandalism took place amid midnight protests by thousands of women in various parts of the state against the alleged rape and murder of the doctor in the seminar hall of the hospital. "Where was Kolkata Police during this brutal assault? Hiding in the shadows, only