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- Published: August 22, 2024 00:39
New Delhi: After Sourav Ganguly, her wife Dona and her daughter Sana have started to shed crocodile tears to show solidarity in support of the protesting women across the state and country.
VIDEO | Former Indian cricketer Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99), along with wife Dona and daughter Sana, takes part in candlelight protest in Kolkata, demanding justice for RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder victim. pic.twitter.com/aSxDZvohhz
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) August 21, 2024
The entire state of West Bengal was shaken by the gruesome murder and rape of a resident doctor. In response, the entire state became an epicentre of massive protest against the ruling Mamata government which has been alleged to be at the back of these incidents.
#WATCH | Kolkata, West Bengal: On RG Kar Medical College & Hospital rape-murder case, Dona Ganguly, wife of former Team India Captain Sourav Ganguly; says, “We are protesting against rape. We need a safe society. Rape needs to stop.” pic.twitter.com/5XZMFBnKDq
— ANI (@ANI) August 21, 2024
In one such protest march which was a candle vigil, Ganguly and his wife and daughters were seen standing in solidarity with the protestors. However, given the bad taste that Ganguly’s comments have been in the past, people believe that these solidarity moves are merely done as opportunistic moves.
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Earlier Ganguly had made extremely irresponsible comments on the entire issue. According to Ganguly, this incident is just a one-off incident i.e. it is an isolated incident and not a coordinated attack. In a society which is an amalgamation of white and black, such incidents are part and parcel of the same. Naturally, without proper and concrete evidence one cannot point fingers towards the authorities for the entire issue.
VIDEO | Kolkata rape-murder case: “We want justice, whatever it takes to get it…” says Sana Ganguly, daughter of former Indian cricketer Sourav Ganguly, as she participates in candlelight protest along with her mother Dona Ganguly. #KolkataHorror pic.twitter.com/vNyNLKhPBV
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) August 21, 2024
However, within a few days, Ganguly took a U-turn from his irresponsible comments and even changed his DP on social media to black to show solidarity with the protesting women. But Ganguly’s earlier comments did not sit well with the people. Naturally, in this case, when ‘dada’ wanted to make peace with the protesting people, the general mass saw it as a gimmick.