In a letter to the junior doctors protesting against the rape and murder of a trainee medic at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, West Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Pant has invited them again to meet Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday.
As per the contents of the letter, the doctors have been invited to Mamata Banerjee’s residence at Kalighat, at 5 pm today.
“This is the fifth and final time we are reaching out to you for a meeting between the Honourable Chief Minister and your delegates,” the letter read.
“In line with our discussion from the day before, we are once again inviting you to a meeting with the Honourable Chief Minister at her Kalighat residence for a discussion with an open mind,” it added.
The Chief Secretary also stressed there would be no live-streaming or videography of the meeting. He also said the same delegation which came for the last discussions should arrive at the venue.
The post-graduate trainee doctor was raped-murdered while on duty on August 9, triggering a nationwide outrage.
BJP REACTS
Soon after the letter was sent, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s IT cell chief, Amit Malviya, in an X post wrote that using ‘sub judice’ as the reason for declining the request for live streaming/videography is absolute trash.
“West Bengal Chief Secretary’s hurried letter to the protesting Junior Doctors’ is desperation, laced with overtones of intimidation. This attempt to reach out, just before the Supreme Court is to hear the matter, is yet another attempt to present a benign face before the Court,” Malviya wrote.
“Using ‘sub judice’ as the reason to decline request for live streaming/videography is absolute trash and smacks of a conspiracy,” he added.
“Doctors need to be wary of Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. She is evil and will use the meeting to her political advantage,” Malviya tweeted.
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