The docs mentioned they need the dialogue to be held within the presence of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
The need they-won’t they surrounding the protesting docs assembly the West Bengal authorities continued on Wednesday night with the protesters responding to a letter by the chief secretary and making a listing of calls for for the dialogue to happen.
The docs have been protesting since a trainee physician was raped and murdered on the RG Kar Medical School and Hospital in Kolkata on August 9 and Wednesday marked the thirty third day of the agitation. The West Bengal authorities had invited the docs for a dialogue on Tuesday as nicely, however they’d rejected the invitation as a result of it had come from the well being secretary, Narayan Swaroop Nigam, whose resignation they’re demanding.
West Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Pant wrote to the docs on Wednesday and, reiterating that the protests are inflicting inconvenience to sufferers and their households, invited them to the state secretariat Nabanna, “ideally” with a delegation of 12-15 docs.
Responding to the letter, the docs mentioned they wish to ship a delegation of no less than 30 representatives and need the assembly to be telecast reside for “the sake of transparency amongst all events”. Laying out two different vital factors, they mentioned the dialogue must be held within the presence of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and must be centred round their five-point calls for.
The five-point calls for embody holding all people answerable for the rape and homicide – in addition to any destruction of proof – accountable and punishing them; taking strict disciplinary motion in opposition to former RG Kar Medical School and Hospital Principal Sandip Ghosh; the resignation of Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal and Well being Secretary Narayan Swaroop Nigam amongst others; and making certain sufficient safety measures for healthcare employees. The calls for additionally discuss eliminating a ‘risk tradition’ prevailing in authorities healthcare establishments.
‘Fruitful Dialogue’
In his letter to the protesting docs, Chief Secretary Manoj Pant identified that sufferers had been being affected by the protests and that the docs had not adhered to the Supreme Court docket deadline of resuming their duties by 5 pm on Tuesday.
“It is very important take a critical word that the widespread individuals have been disadvantaged of your important companies, compassionate care and the therapeutic contact over the previous 32 days. Maintaining this facet in view, the honourable Supreme Court docket, in its order dated ninth September 2024, directed that junior docs should resume duties by 5 p.m. on tenth September 2024. You’ll, little doubt, admire and agree that, as a law-abiding citizen, it’s everybody’s bounden obligation to stick to those instructions. Sadly, it has not been adhered to to date,” Mr Pant wrote.
Interesting to the docs to renew their duties and appreciating their openness to dialogue, he added, “As soon as once more, as one other alternative, we invite your delegation – ideally consisting of 12-15 colleagues – to hitch us for a dialogue at 6.00 pm as we speak, i.e. 11.09.2024, in Nabanna. A listing of the members of your delegation could please be intimated by e mail. We sit up for your constructive response and hope for a fruitful dialogue.”
Whereas the Supreme Court docket had indicated it might enable the West Bengal authorities to take motion in opposition to the docs if they didn’t return to work by 5 pm on Tuesday, Chief Minister Banerjee has mentioned she would like to finish the deadlock by means of talks. The state authorities’s strategy can also be being seen as a approach to neutralise the anger in opposition to it over its dealing with of the rape and homicide case, whose investigation was transferred from the Kolkata Police to the CBI.
