West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging for stricter legislation against rape. She claimed no response to her previous letter on the same issue. Despite a reply from the Women and Child Development Minister, Banerjee deemed it insufficient given the gravity of a recent rape-murder case in her state.

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The BJP will continue its sit-in protest at Esplanade for the second day on Friday and the TMC plans to stage college protests across Bengal, advocating for the Centre to pass a law mandating capital punishment for rapists