Saachi Baat Special
The whole nation is churning over the rape and murder of a junior doctor in RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. With the Supreme Court of India also taking suo moto notice, on Sunday, all eyes were on the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata where a derby match between East Bengal and Mohun Bagan was cancelled.
Sunday was supposed to be an action-packed day in the football field but what one saw outside the stadium was massive support against the collapse of law and order in Kolkata, the City of Joy. Fans apart, who were protesting and hauled up by the Kolkata Police, All India Football Federation President Kalyan Chaubey was also seen protesting in front of a police van.
Given the mood of outrage in society at large in India right now, this is not the time for football, certainly not in Kolkata, where Chief Minister Mamtaa Banerjee is under fire. Even as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has begun probe into the rape and murder of a young innocent doctor, all talk is of how sports can be held in Kolkata at this time. Comparisons are being made with the ugly incident which happened in New Delhi in 2012, when innocent Nirbhaya was raped and killed.
Even deceased Nirbahaya’s mother has spoken about how nothing has changed in India, post her daughter’s death. Right now, in Kolkata, there is a cry against how a city which respected women in society has now become so cruel as to assault a young doctor.
All cities in India are witnessing hospital doctors stage protests against the horrific incident. Indeed, for sports lovers to also show their anger against this incident in Kolkata is a sign that nobody will tolerate such atrocity. The life of a dead girl cannot be brought back but football lovers have shown that there is a human side in them as well.
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