Doctors blame WB govt after talks fail, say never sought CM's resignation
The agitating junior doctors on Thursday blamed the West Bengal administration for its rigidness in not allowing live streaming of the meeting to resolve the RG Kar stalemate and asserted that they never sought the resignation of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, as offered by her.
Dubbing Banerjee's remarks blaming the medics for the impasse as unfortunate, the doctors said their 'cease work' and agitation would continue until their demands are met.
The chief minister's remarks are unfortunate. We wanted the talks to take place. However, the state administration was adamant about not allowing live streaming of the meeting. Our demands are justified. We wanted live streaming for the transparency of the meeting, one of the agitating doctors told reporters.
The agitators refused to hold talks with the West Bengal government unless their demand for live streaming of the meeting was met.
The talks were scheduled for 5 pm in the presence of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, as demanded by t