West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday invited the protesting doctor to meet her on Monday and appealed to them to call off the fast and protest and resume duty.
Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar urged BJP workers and people of West Bengal to join doctors' protest in large numbers. He said that the West Bengal government had promised to meet doctors' demands during the meeting with the Chief Minister but have rescinded on it, since.
The Supreme Court on Monday sought to place on record the report of the National Task Force in regards to safety and other issues related to professionals in the matter regarding the rape and murder of a PG trainee doctor at Kolkata-based RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
Bharatiya Janata Party national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Friday hit out at the TMC-led West Bengal government over harrasment of two young men in West Bengal's Siliguri and questioning about law and order in West Bengal.
Following the meeting with the protesting doctors on Tuesday, the West Bengal government accepted some of their demands including the removal of the police chief of Kolkata and two senior health officials.
Dr Kaustav Nayak and Dr Debashis Halder have been removed from the posts of Director of Medical Education (DME) and Director of Health Services (DHS) from the Department of Health and Family Welfare of the West Bengal Government on Tuesday.
The West Bengal government has announced financial relief for the families of those who died, allegedly due to the disruption in health services caused by the junior doctors' strike over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor.
CM Banerjee's statement comes after the Supreme Court on Monday directed the West Bengal government to ensure accommodation of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel deployed at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
Bhartiya Janata Party MP Jyotiramay Singh Mahato on Saturday, in a letter to Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda, accused West Bengal government of 'misusing' hospitals to shield 'corrupt TMC leaders' and demanded investigation.