Kolkata rape-murder case: Chief secretary invites protesting doctors for talks with Mamata Banerjee
The protestors had rejected the state government’s offer of a dialogue on Tuesday, saying that the language of the invitation was ‘downright insensitive’.
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West Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Pant on Wednesday once again invited junior doctors protesting against the rape and murder of their colleague at a Kolkata hospital in August for talks about their concerns.
On Tuesday, the doctors defied a Supreme Court order directing them to end their strike and resume their duties by 5 pm that day. They said they would protest till their demands were met.
The court had warned of disciplinary action if the doctors did not resume work by the deadline.
The same day, the protestors also rejected an offer from the West Bengal government for talks, objecting to an invitation that sought to restrict the number of representatives who could meet Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
A 31-year-old trainee doctor was raped and murdered at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9. The West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front has been leading the protests for over a month, seeking the resignation of the Kolkata police commissioner and senior state health department officials.
On Wednesday, Pant said that a delegation of protesting doctors, comprising 12 to 15 members, was invited to meet Banerjee at 6 pm at the state secretariat.
Pant said that citizens had been deprived of vital healthcare services because of the doctors’ protest for the past 32 days. The chief secretary told the...
