Mamata accuses BJP of attempting to malign Missionaries of Charity
Kolkata, July 12 (IBNS): Giving a political angle to an alleged child trafficking case in Ranchi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which runs the central government, of attempting to malign the prestige of Missionaries of Charity.
In a tweet, Banerjee said: "Mother Teresa herself set up Missionaries of Charity. And now they are also not being spared. Malicious attempts to malign their name. The Sisters are being targeted. #BJP want to spare no one. Highly condemnable. Let MOC continue to do their work for the poorest of the poor."
Mother Teresa herself set up Missionaries of Charity. And now they are also not being spared. Malicious attempts to malign their name. The Sisters are being targeted. #BJP want to spare no one. Highly condemnable. Let MOC continue to do their work for the poorest of the poor
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) July 12, 2018
During a press conference at Uttar Kanya, the West Bengal government's branch secretariat in North Bengal, the CM termed the attempt as a "political vendetta".
In the last week, the police arrested a woman staff working at the Ranchi Missionaries of Charity, a charitable trust founded by Mother Teresa, for allegedly selling infants born to unwed mothers, who deliver babies at the institution, media reports said.
Two nuns have also been detained in connection with the case.
An FIR has been lodged under Section 370 of IPC.
The FIR was lodged based on the complaint of Child Welfare Committee.
The fact that a child was missing from the institution came to light when CWC members went on regular inspection.
On being questioned, a nun told CWC members that the mother of the newborn child has taken him away.
When the mother was contacted, she said she did not have the child with her.
On further probe, it was revealed that the child was sold to a UP-based family to for Rs 1.2 lakhs.
The UP family reportedly told CWC that the money was taken from them as "hospital fees."
While Missionaries of Charity stopped adoption in 2015, the Ranchi based unit continued to do so.
A silent protest was held outside Missionaries of Charity (MoC) headquarters on AJC Bose Road in Kolkata on Sunday over the recent arrest of two nuns in Ranchi for their alleged involvement in selling newborn.
The protest was initiated by ‘India-First’, a group identifying themselves as nationalists and socialists in Kolkata.
People were seen wearing black ribbons on their hands and holding placards as they demonstrated outside the building of the charity founded by Nobel laureate Mother Teresa.
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