New Delhi, June 28 -- Mamata Banerjee led Trinamool Congress (TMC) party, on Saturday, publicly distanced itself from the statements made by its party members Madan Mitra and Kalyan Banerjee in the Kolkata gangrape case, stating that the "views do not reflect the position of the party in any manner whatsoever."

Hours later, MP Kalyan Banerjee hit back at his party, claiming that understanding the "intent behind" the MPs words and statements required a "certain level of moral and intellectual alignment," "which, unfortunately, seems to be missing."

The series of statements by the TMC party, its members come after former TMCP leader Manojit Mishra (31), students Pramit Mukherjee (20) and and Zaib Ahmed (19) were arrested for allegedly gan...