India, Oct. 12 -- Bhartiya Janata Party MLA Agnimitra Paul strongly condemned West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, calling out her "Taliban mentality" over her recent comments on the alleged gangrape of a medical student in Durgapur. Banerjee questioned how the survivor "was outside the campus at 12:30 am."

These comments by the BJP MLA come at a time when Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi is in India for a six-day visit.

BJP leader criticised the Chief Minister's statement advising that "girls should not be allowed to go outside of college at night", calling it shameful and regressive.

Speaking to reporters, Paul said, "We have a Taliban government in Afghanistan, and we have Mamata Banerjee's government in West Bengal...