Kolkata, May 9 -- Newly elected Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators in West Bengal on Saturday outlined their priorities for governance, with women's safety, civic infrastructure and law and order emerging as key themes following the oath-taking ceremony of the state's first BJP government.
UNI spoke to these MLAs on the sidelines of the oath-taking ceremony at the Brigade Parade Ground.
Ratna Debnath, the MLA from Panihati, who in 2024 lost her 31-year-old daughter, a postgraduate trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, in a rape and murder case that had triggered nationwide outrage and protests demanding justice and more protection for women, said her sole focus after her win will be to "ensure safety for women every...