Paschim Medinipur, March 22 -- West Bengal BJP leader Dilip Ghosh claimed on Saturday that the government is attempting to suppress demands for justice in the RG Kar Hospital rape-murder case by punishing those leading the protests.

Speaking to ANI, Ghosh said, "The RG Kar incident has exposed the state of law and order in Bengal before everyone, which is why this government has made a lot of efforts to suppress it. The people who led this movement were threatened and transferred, but the movement has not stopped yet."

He added that the more the government tries to suppress the protest, the stronger the demand for justice will become.

"It (protest) is starting again, that is why efforts are being made to punish those who are in front, ...