The alleged rape of a 24-year-old student of South Calcutta Law College in Kolkata’s Kasba has triggered a political slugfest between the BJP and TMC in West Bengal.

Kerala Education Minister V Sivankutty defended the move, saying “Let the children play, laugh, have fun, and grow up healthy.”

Senior Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee’s remarks on the rape of a 24-year-old student at South Calcutta Law College have triggered sharp condemnation by the opposition BJP in West Bengal.