Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy has been taking stands completely different from the get together line amid the Kolkata rape and homicide case. (File Photograph)
TMC MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy’s contemporary put up of an RK Laxman cartoon sparked controversy amid the Kolkata rape and homicide case
Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy who has just lately been taking stands completely different from his get together line amid the Kolkata rape and homicide case, has now posted a cartoon by RK Laxman on ‘X’ triggering a contemporary political storm.
The cartoon dated December 26, 1962 is a political satire wherein the police is seen arresting an individual. “In fact you have been’nt spreading rumours- the cost is you have been spreading info!” the caption beneath learn. The TMC chief additionally added a ‘smiley’ emoji together with the cartoon.
Earlier final week, Roy, in a social media put up, had demanded that Calcutta Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal and RG Kar Medical School former principal Sandeep Ghosh must be taken into custody by the Central Bureau of Investigation for questioning. Following this, Roy was summoned by the Calcutta police at police headquarters, Lalbazar.
Later, Roy got here to the eye of the Excessive Court docket over his put up. The courtroom requested him to delete it, to which he obliged.
Earlier, Roy had expressed his assist to the women-led Reclaim The Evening protest in Kolkata, wherein a whole bunch participated to demand justice for the younger physician who was allegedly raped and murdered in RG Kar Medical School and Hospital earlier this month. The TMC MP had additionally participated at a sit-in at Kolkata’s Jodhpur Park, demanding justice over this incident.
The cartoon posted by Roy has been used on numerous events. It was shared extensively within the context of the farmers’ motion in current instances.
