On Camera, Protesters Confront Mamata Banerjee At Oxford Event, Question Her On RG Kar, Singur
Public Lokpal
March 28, 2025
On Camera, Protesters Confront Mamata Banerjee At Oxford Event, Question Her On RG Kar, Singur
London : Mamata Banerjee was on Thursday heckled by a group of protesting students who interrupted her speech at the Kellogg College, Oxford University in London.
Banerjee, who leads the Trinamool Congress, was speaking on ‘Social Development – Girl, Child and Women Empowerment in West Bengal’.
The event turned into chaos after students confronted the West Bengal Chief Minister on the August 2024 RG Kar rape case, her take on Hindus, Tata’s pullout from Bengal, and more.
In response to the agitation, Mamata said, “That is wrong. They have already started Tata Cognizant. I am not lying, my brother please listen, please see that Tata set up their industry in Kharagpur last year, if you ask me, nobody is left out."
As the students questioned her on the RG Kar rape case, the Chief Minister retorted, “Speak a little louder, I cannot hear you. I will listen to everything you have to say. Do you know that this case is pending? The responsibility of investigating this case is now in the hands of the Central government, the case is no longer in our hands."
“Don’t do politics here, this is not a platform for politics. That you can do with me in my state, not here" she further said.
Later, the protesters also raised the issue of the Jadavpur University incident, to which Banerjee addressed to them as ‘brother’ and said, “Don’t lie. I have sympathy for you. But instead of making this a platform for politics, go to Bengal and tell your party to strengthen itself so that they can fight with us."
The Chief Minister also told them, “Don’t disrespect your institution by insulting me. I have come here as a representative of the country. Don’t insult your country."
Later, she told the protesters, “Tell your party to increase its strength in our state (West Bengal) so that they can fight with us."
She also asked the university administration to set up an institute in Kolkata and claimed she would “give land within a day" for the same.
Former Indian cricket team captain Sourav Ganguly was also present among the audience at the time of the incident.
The drama unfolded when an audience member asked her about ‘specific investment proposals’ worth “lakhs of crores" that she claimed the state had received while the Chief Minister was speaking about West Bengal’s development and investment opportunities.