New Delhi, June 28 -- BJP MP Sambit Patra slammed the West Bengal government on Saturday, over the alleged Kolkata gang-rape case and said Why is there so much 'insensitivity and cruelty towards women' despite the state having a female Chief Minister.

Addressing a press conference, Patra claimed that the entire "vicious cycle of gang-rape is state-sponsored."

"In a state where there is a woman Chief Minister, there should be sensitivity towards women, but why is there so much insensitivity and cruelty? The victim has issued a statement herself. If we read it carefully, one thing becomes clear, that this entire vicious cycle of gang-rape is somewhere state-sponsored," he said.

The BJP MP alleged that the heinous crime has a political an...