Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal) [India], June 28 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dilip Ghosh on Saturday slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for not taking sufficient action to prevent crimes against women in the state. Ghosh's comments come in the wake of the alleged gangrape case in Kolkata, which has sparked widespread outrage and protests.

Speaking to ANI, Dilip Ghosh said, '... Mamata Banerjee does not see such incidents. Crimes against women are increasing in West Bengal, and women are afraid to step out of homes... TMC should at least condemn such acts...'

Reacting to Kalyan Banerjee's controversial statement on rape, 'what can be done if a friend rapes his friend,' Ghosh said, 'He should be ashamed. He is a senior leader, lawyer... He should motivate people to protest against such incidents...'

'I am not an advocate into the incident that occurred at the Law College but the accused should be arrested. A few men commit this type of crime...But what can be done if a friend rapes his friend. Will the police be there in schools? This was done by students to another student. Who will protect her (victim)? This (South Calcutta Law College) is a government college. Will the police always be there?' Kalyan Banerjee told ANI.

A female student was allegedly gang-raped inside a law college in Kolkata's Kasba on Wednesday. The police have arrested all three accused within 24 hours.

The three accused, named as Monojit Mishra (31), Zaib Ahmed (19), and Pramit Mukhopadhyay (20), were former students or staff members of the same law college. According to the police, the accused named in the FIR will be produced before the ACJM of Alipore, South 24 Parganas, with a prayer to remand them to Police Custody for a proper investigation into the case.

Ghosh backed RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale's remarks on the Constitution, and said that words like 'socialist' and 'secular' were not part of the original Preamble and will be removed when the time is right.

He accused the Congress of insulting the Constitution 50 years ago and said the party.

'... The constitution was insulted 50 years ago... Everyone should know about the way Congress, which talks of democracy, ran a bureaucratic rule... Terms like 'socialist' and secularism were not there in the preamble, and it will be removed at the right time, because it is against the theme of our constitution,' Ghosh said.

RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale had questioned the legitimacy of including the terms 'socialist' and 'secular' in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution. (ANI)