After the gang-rape of a law student in Kolkata triggered a political firestorm, the Trinamool Congress has admitted that the main accused is linked to the party but insisted that this would not come in the way of him getting strict punishment.

The Bharatiya Janata Party slammed Madan Mitra's remarks and said it was “victim-blaming, plain, and vile.”

Tapasi Mondal, who first won the Haldia seat on a CPM ticket in 2016, joined the BJP in December 2020 ahead of the West Bengal elections