BJP MP Samik Bhattacharya has claimed that the Trinamool Congress is feeling pressured by the protest by junior doctors over the RG Kar rape and murder case and wants to suppress their protest.
Junior doctors on Saturday held a 21 km protest march in Kolkata demanding justice for the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape and murder incident victim.
Earlier on Tuesday, Kolkata High Court had set aside the prohibitory orders by Kolkata police, imposed under sections 163 (1) and (3) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), which prevented assembly of more than five people in an area.
As the junior doctor's protest continues, demanding justice in the RG Kar rape-murder case, Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh on Monday said that junior doctor don't want the case to be resolved.
Federation of Medical Association (FEMA) has called a two-day pen-down strike in private and government medical colleges and hospitals in Siliguri over issues including the RG Kar rape-murder case.
The body of the 31-year-old doctor was found at the R G Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9. Since then thousands of junior doctors in the state have been on a strike.
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.
Mondal and Ghosh were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the rape and murder of the woman trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College.
Earlier this week, both Sandip Ghosh, the former Principal of RG Kar Medical College, and the arrested Officer-in-Charge, Abhijit Mondal, were transferred from Sealdah Court to Presidency Jail.
West Bengal Congress President Subhankar Sarkar and party leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Wednesday took part in the party's protest demanding speedy trial and punishments for culprits in the rape and murder of a woman doctor in RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, in Kolkata.
BJP leader Dilip Ghosh accused the TMC of attempting to bribe the family of the victim in the RG Kar Medical College rape-murder case, alleging that the state government bribes everyone in order to silence them.
The Supreme Court on Monday listed for September 30 hearing on suo motu petition on the rape and murder of a doctor in state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, West Bengal.