Senior BJP chief Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday demanded the resignation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her alleged failure to make sure the protection and safety of girls docs at state-run hospitals.
Asking individuals to hit the streets demanding the resignation of Banerjee, who additionally holds the well being and residential portfolios, Adhikari, the chief of opposition within the meeting, stated BJP MLAs would launch a sit-in in Kolkata on August 14 to press for his or her demand.
“We additionally demand a court-monitored CBI probe as there can be makes an attempt to suppress proof to protect the principle culprits who’re but to be put behind bars.
“We’ll pray to the Calcutta Excessive Court docket to situation summons to Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal and former principal and superintendent of RG Kar Medical Faculty and Hospital and produce them beneath the ambit of investigation,” the Nandigram MLA stated.
Junior doctors across the state continued ceasework on Tuesday whereas their counterparts in numerous components of the nation joined the protest in opposition to the rape and homicide of the girl physician, demanding justice for her.
Banerjee, after paying a go to to the dad and mom of the deceased on Monday, gave a deadline of August 18 to Kolkata Police to resolve the case, failing which she stated she would hand over the matter to the CBI.
The physique of the girl physician was present in a seminar corridor on the hospital on Friday morning, and a civic volunteer was arrested on Saturday in reference to the crime.
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