The impasse over talks between protesting doctors demanding justice in the Kolkata rape case and state CM Mamata Banerjee shows no signs of abating. A delegation of doctors reached Mamata Banerjee’s Kalighat residence on Saturday on CM Mamata Banerjee’s call, but the doctors are demanding live streaming of the conversation. There is an impasse in the conversation regarding this. Despite appeals from CM Mamata Banerjee and Chief Secretary Manoj Pant, doctors are not ready to communicate without live streaming.
Let us tell you that after the death of the lady doctor on August 9, the junior doctors are on strike for the last 34 days. Earlier, attempts at talks between CM Mamata Banerjee and doctors in Nabanna failed. On Saturday afternoon, CM Mamata Banerjee herself reached the doctor’s protest site and said that the government wants to punish the culprit. After which he offered to talk to the doctors.
After Mamata Banerjee’s proposal, a 32-member delegation of junior doctors reached Mamata Banerjee’s residence in Kalighat at around 6 pm, but the talks over live streaming hit a deadlock.
The CM kept waiting for the meeting
While the protesting doctors waited for a meeting outside the rain-soaked Chief Minister’s residence, CM Mamata Banerjee waited at her residence along with top state officials.
Mamata is waiting outside her house.
Meanwhile, CM Mamata Banerjee again appealed to the junior doctors to come for talks. He is ready to talk. Mamata Banerjee asked the doctors not to get drenched in rainwater and come inside to talk, but the doctors are adamant about the demand for a live telecast. Mamata Banerjee said that they are insulting her. The doctors themselves expressed their desire to talk.
# Look KOLKATA, West Bengal: A delegation of junior doctors protesting the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder case reached the Chief Minister’s residence to attend a meeting with CM Mamata Banerjee regarding their demands. pic.twitter.com/XpD7KWrntt
— ANI (@ANI) September 14, 2024
There is a deadlock over live streaming
He told the doctors that the case is being heard in the Supreme Court. For this reason, it may allow live streaming of meetings, but it will make video recordings available. He appealed to the doctors not to get wet in the rain and attend the meeting.
He said even if he didn’t want to have a meeting, he should come to his house and have at least a cup of tea. He repeatedly requested the doctors to come for talks and solve the problem through dialogue, but the doctors said that they are ready for dialogue, but live telecast should be allowed.
