Junior doctors, who were on strike demanding justice in the case of rape and murder of a young doctor of Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, called off the strike, but this time they gave the government 24 hours to fulfill their demands. Gave deadline. He demanded the state government to remove Health Secretary Narayan Swarup Nigam.
On Friday, agitating junior doctor Debashish Halder of Dharmatala, Kolkata announced that they were calling off the strike. However, he has warned of going on hunger strike if his demands are not met within 24 hours.
Tension arose over their procession at Dharmatalla intersection on Friday evening. It is alleged that the police and junior doctors forcibly removed the protesters by placing barricades on the stage. e
As soon as possible, the agitating Doctor Dharamtalla sat at the intersection. Due to this a part of the road was blocked. Pedestrians faced problems. Here the junior doctors announced to withdraw their strike. However, agitating doctor Debashish Halder said that they are not moving away from the path of agitation regarding their demands.
Debashish Halder from Dharmatala procession said that we are on strike for 58 days demanding justice for the victim. The demands we have made are for everyone's safety. The government said that 26 percent of the work including installation of CCTV has been completed. If anyone thinks that we have surrendered to the government then it is wrong. We have taken this decision on behalf of the public and for justice for the victim.
Medical Service Center state secretary Biplab Chandra said that after 58 days of RG tax agitation, the West Bengal Junior Doctors Front has finally decided to call off the strike. We welcome this decision. However, we believe that this decision should have been taken earlier, but we have not got justice yet. Therefore, we must necessarily raise the demand for justice and equity in colleges.
Let us tell you that on August 9, the body of a lady doctor of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata was found. Later rape and murder were confirmed. At present, CBI is investigating this case and the main accused Sanjay Roy, former principal of RG Kar Medical College Sandeep Ghosh and former OC Abhijeet Mandal have been arrested.
