Kolkata:The vice-president of the Kolkata branch of Indian Medical Association (IMA) Dr Kaushik Biswas has resigned from the chair accusing the authorities of remaining inactive in the case of ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital last month.
Biswas has claimed that the Kolkata branch of IMA remained inactive in the matter even after instructions from the central leadership. According to him, as the erstwhile branch vice-president such inaction was unacceptable to him and hence he had decided to resign from the chair.
Meanwhile, sources said that Biswas had been critical of the functioning of the Kolkata branch for quite some time. He was also vocal about the fact that the Kolkata branch should have taken suo motu initiative in suspending Ghosh, instead of waiting for the association's central leadership to do that.
The central leadership of IMA announced Ghosh’s suspension on August 28 and on the same day, a communication was sent to Ghosh informing him about the decision of the disciplinary committee to suspend him. "The disciplinary committee of IMA HQs has unanimously decided to suspend you forthwith from the membership of the Indian Medical Association,” the communique read.