Doctors have been protesting continuously demanding justice in the rape-murder case of a trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. Despite the Supreme Court’s order, the doctors’ strike continues. Meanwhile, a Trinamool Congress leader called the protesting doctors ‘traitors’. After the Trinamool leader’s statement, the politics of the state has heated up.
Chandan Mukhopadhyay, the Trinamool leader of North 24 Parganas district, termed the junior doctors as ‘traitors’. A video of this remark by a ruling party panchayat committee member went viral on social media, though TV9 did not confirm the authenticity of the video.
The Trinamool Congress organized a road meeting in the college area of Basirhat on Tuesday evening. Standing on the dais of the assembly, he first raised questions on the role of the Supreme Court and directly targeted the junior doctors.
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The Trinamool leader said, “You are dreaming of overthrowing the elected government! 215 MLAs, 29 MPs. Will you overthrow the elected government of a party that got more than 51 percent of the votes in the elections four years ago? This does not happen here. You think you will get other offices including finance minister of central government. You have to win the election.”
Reminding the Supreme Court order, ruling party leader Chandan Mukhopadhyay said, “The Supreme Court is the guardian of the Constitution. You are insulting him. Insulting the Supreme Court means that you are opposing the constitution of the country. Opposing the constitution means you are a traitor. Doctor, you are a traitor. We don’t want to see this doctor. We fully support the doctors’ movement, but we don’t want doctors who are emptying the mother’s womb.
Controversy over Trinamool leader’s statement
Meanwhile, a controversy has arisen regarding the video of this Trinamool leader. The controversy escalated to such an extent that the Chief Minister himself requested party leaders and ministers not to speak openly about the matter.
Junior doctors have been on strike for over a month demanding justice in the RG tax case. Which is affecting the medical services. Talks have been proposed by the state government, but there is an impasse between the doctors and the government. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has again set a deadline to end the junior doctors’ strike, but the protesters are adamant on their demand.
Meanwhile, BJP state committee member Tapas Mitra said, “This has created a problem for some leaders like him. We want immediate strict action against that leader.
