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.
This comes after Mamata Banerjee visited the junior doctors' protest site in front of Swasthya Bhaban, where she assured the doctors that she would address their demands and make efforts to fulfil them.
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.
Despite the Supreme Court's directives to resume work by 5 pm on Tuesday, the protesting doctors remained defiant, refusing to budge from their demands.
Several women on Sunday held a protest at Kolkata's Raja Bazar area over the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape and murder case and demanded justice for the victim.
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.