Doctors turn down Mamata's invite; demand apology

Doctors turn down the invite by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to resolve the ongoing dispute. They have sought an unconditional apology from the CM and laid down six conditions for the state government in order to withdraw the stir.

Kolkata (West Bengal): Striking junior doctors turned down West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's invitation for a meeting at the state secretariat, which was called to resolve the impasse which entered Day 5 on Saturday.

The doctors, who are protesting against the assault on two of their colleagues at NRS Medical College and Hospital in Bengal, has sought an unconditional apology from the CM and have laid down six conditions with the state government to withdraw the stir.

Banerjee, who visited the state-run SSKM Hospital on Thursday amid slogans of "we want justice", had contended that outsiders were creating disturbances in the medical colleges and the ongoing agitation is a conspiracy by the CPI(M) and the BJP.

On Friday night, the agitating junior doctors had declined to attend a meeting called by Banerjee at the state secretariat, saying it was a ploy to break their stir.

Notably, over 300 senior doctors across various state-run medical college and hospitals resigned from their services in solidarity with their agitating colleagues.

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