Overview
- During a Feb. 22 visit to Kolkata, the Delhi chief minister addressed the BJP women’s event at Science City after offering prayers at Kalighat.
- Gupta alleged Mamata Banerjee approached the Supreme Court to stall the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, framing it as an effort to protect infiltrators.
- She linked alleged infiltration to pressure on services and voting rights and accused the state government of appeasement politics.
- Pointing to the RG Kar doctor rape-murder and a reported Durgapur assault, she argued women’s safety had deteriorated and alleged the state blocked Ayushman Bharat, PM Awas Yojana and Jal Jeevan Mission.
- TMC leaders, including Shashi Panja and Sagarika Ghose, rebutted by citing NCRB rankings and recent crimes and a blast in Delhi to challenge Gupta’s critique.