The junior doctors protesting against the RG Kar rape and murder case have accepted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's "fifth and final" invitation for a meeting at her Kalighat residence. The doctors have been invited for a meeting at 5 pm.
The protesting doctors, who have been adamant over the live-streaming or videography of the meeting, said they were willing to hold talks if the minutes of the meeting were allowed to be recorded by both parties. The state government, which has so far rejected the demand for live-streaming, has agreed to share the minutes of the meeting with the doctors.
Mamata Banerjee's fifth invite to the protesting junior doctors came two days after a previous meeting failed to take place due to disagreement over live-streaming.
"This is the fifth and final time we are reaching out to you for a meeting between the Honourable Chief Minister and your delegates. 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," Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Pant's letter to the doctors read.
The government has invited the same delegation of doctors who met the Chief Minister at her Kalighat residence on September 14. They have been asked to arrive at 4.45 pm.
A delegation of protesting doctors briefly met Mamata Banerjee at her residence on September 14 as they continued their protests, demanding justice for the gruesome rape-murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at the RG Kar hospital. It came after she made a surprise visit to the protest site near Swasthya Bhavan the same day, and assured the doctors their demands would be addressed.
Live-streaming the meeting has been the primary reason behind the month-long impasse between the two sides. While the doctors have been demanding the live-streaming or videography of the meeting, the state government has rejected it, saying the matter is sub-judice and they are ready to record and share the minutes of the meeting instead.
