Sandeshkhali Row: The protests by local women against the alleged atrocities committed by TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan pose a huge challenge to CM Mamata Banerjee to consolidate support among women voters in the state ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
Even as the politics surrounding the issue continues to heat up, the National Human Rights Commission has taken note of the allegations of rape levelled against a Trinamool Congress strongman and his aides by women in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali.
Sandeshkhali news Update, west Bengal news update: BJP MLA Agnimitra Paul, accompanying Suvendhu Adhikari, claimed that the police officer wasn't fulfilling his duties and dismissed the allegation that BJP supporters called him a 'Khalistani'.
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Amid a political firestorm between the Trinamool Congress and the BJP over claims of sexual assault by aides of a strongman from the ruling party in Sandeshkhali, NDTV spoke to some of the women, who said they are "living in fear".