RG Kar victim's mother calls herself and Mamata 'equal proletarians' after Nabanna meet
Synopsis
From grief to the legislature to Nabanna — Ratna Debnath’s journey since her daughter’s murder at R.G. Kar Medical College has culminated in a striking social media post: she and Mamata Banerjee are now ‘equal proletarians’, one stripped of her child, the other of her chair. With the new CM reopening R.G. Kar files and suspending three senior IPS officers, the case is far from over.
Key Takeaways
Ratna Debnath , mother of the R.G.
Kar rape and murder victim, posted on social media on Monday, 25 May declaring herself and Mamata Banerjee ‘equal proletarians’.
The post followed her meeting with new West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari at Nabanna .
Debnath won the Panihati Assembly seat as a BJP candidate, defeating TMC ’s Tirthankar Ghosh by over 28,000 votes .
CM Adhikari has ordered the reopening of R.G.
Kar files and suspended three IPS officers, including former Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Kumar Goyal .
Departmental probes have been initiated against all three suspended officers.
Ratna Debnath, mother of the R.G. Kar Medical College rape and murder victim and now a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator from Panihati Assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, on Monday posted a charged message on social media declaring that she and former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee are now “equal proletarians”. The post came shortly after Debnath met new West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari at his chamber on the 14th floor of the state secretariat, Nabanna.
What Debnath Said
In her social media post, Debnath wrote: “Today I was on the 14th floor of Nabanna in a meeting with the Chief Minister. The name of the Chief Minister is Suvendu Adhikari. Honesty has a lot of power. You just have to patiently fight against injustice. Today, Mamata Banerjee and I are equally proletarians.”
She went on to elaborate the comparison: “I lost my only daughter, and I decided to work for humanity. And she lost her chair on the 14th floor of Nabanna. Wait and watch how she and her criminal team meet the worst consequences. I am the proud mother of Dr Debnath.”
The Symbolism Behind the Post
Debnath explained the reasoning behind placing herself and Mamata Banerjee on equal footing. According to her, she became a proletarian the day she lost her daughter — a junior doctor at the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata — who was raped and murdered within the hospital premises in August 2024. Banerjee, she argued, became a proletarian when the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) lost power in West Bengal following its defeat in the recently concluded Assembly elections.
Notably, the post was made from the very building — Nabanna — that once served as the nerve centre of Banerjee’s government, lending the symbolism a sharp political edge.
Debnath’s Electoral Victory
Debnath contested the Assembly elections as a BJP candidate from Panihati, the constituency that also houses her ancestral residence in North 24 Parganas. She defeated Trinamool Congress candidate Tirthankar Ghosh by a margin of over 28,000 votes, a result widely seen as a personal verdict on the R.G. Kar case.
Adhikari Government’s Action on R.G. Kar Files
After being sworn in as the ninth Chief Minister of West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari announced the reopening of R.G. Kar-related files. He ordered the suspension of three Indian Police Service (IPS) officers — former Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Kumar Goyal and two former Deputy Commissioners, Indira Mukherjee and Abhishek Gupta. Departmental probes have been initiated against all three officers.
The developments signal that the R.G. Kar case will remain a live political and legal issue under the new dispensation, with the victim’s family now positioned at the centre of both the grief and the accountability push.
Point of View
Staged from the very secretariat that Mamata Banerjee once commanded. Her electoral win from Panihati by over 28,000 votes suggests the R.G. Kar case became a ballot-box issue, not just a legal one. The new government’s swift move to suspend three senior IPS officers and reopen case files signals that accountability will be weaponised politically, regardless of where the evidence leads. The danger is that justice for the victim becomes subordinate to the score-settling instincts of a new administration.
NationPress
6 Aug 2026
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Ratna Debnath and what is her connection to the R.G. Kar case?
Ratna Debnath is the mother of the junior doctor who was raped and murdered at R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata in August 2024. She subsequently entered politics, contesting and winning the Panihati Assembly seat in West Bengal as a BJP candidate.
Why did Ratna Debnath call herself and Mamata Banerjee 'equal proletarians'?
Debnath explained that she became a proletarian when she lost her daughter to the R.G. Kar crime, while Mamata Banerjee became one when she lost power in West Bengal after the TMC’s defeat in the Assembly elections. The post was made after her meeting with Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari at Nabanna.
What action has the new West Bengal government taken on the R.G. Kar case?
Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced the reopening of R.G. Kar-related files and ordered the suspension of three IPS officers — former Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Kumar Goyal and former Deputy Commissioners Indira Mukherjee and Abhishek Gupta. Departmental probes have been initiated against all three.
By how much did Ratna Debnath win her Assembly seat?
Debnath defeated TMC candidate Tirthankar Ghosh from the Panihati Assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas by a margin of over 28,000 votes.
What is the current status of the R.G. Kar rape and murder case?
The crime occurred in August 2024 at R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. Under the new BJP-led state government, files related to the case have been reopened and senior police officials have been suspended and placed under departmental inquiry, indicating fresh scrutiny of the investigation.
