West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee was scheduled to hold a meeting with junior doctors at 6 pm today at her residence, with a delegation of 15 representatives, informed West Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Pant earlier in the day.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday visited Swasthya Bhawan in Kolkata to meet the protesting doctors and assured them that she would look into their demands and take action if anyone was found guilty.
Junior doctors in Kolkata continue their protest for the fourth consecutive night amid heavy rain at Swasthya Bhawan in the Salt Lake area, demanding justice in the RG Kar medical college rape and murder case of a trainee doctor.
The cadre of Communist Party of India (Marxist) protested on Friday in Lal bazaar, Kolkata, near the police headquarters to demand justice in the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder case and removal of the Commissioner of Police.
As the RG Kar rape-murder case, which shook the whole nation, nears a moth, protests were held across various parts of West Bengal, criticising the Mamata Banerjee-led state government and demanding justice for the victim.
The brutal rape and murder of a trainee woman doctor in Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital has sparked widespread protests in West Bengal and across the country.
"It would not be fair to blame any Chief Minister in this case. This case is very shocking and disgusting. But the way this is being politicized, I am with Mamata ji," the Asansol MP said.
Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi said on Friday that it was unacceptable for the type of politics that is being done around the rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
People from different communities in Kolkata took to the streets on Sunday, showcasing their anguish following the rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor in the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on the night of August 9 in Kolkata.