Demanding exemplary punishment for those involved in the rape and murder of a woman postgraduate trainee doctor at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital and protesting "conspiracy hatched by Left and BJP to destabilise West Bengal", the Trinamool Congress on Saturday took out rallies in different parts of the state.

Holding placards that read "Doshider shasti chai" (we demand punishment for the culprits), hundreds of party workers and supporters took out rallies in different parts of the state, including Serampore in Hooghly, Naihati and Belgharia in North 24 Parganas, Chinsurah in Hooghly and Purulia.