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Live updates: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee invites protesting doctors for meeting at home in Kalighat

Chief secretary, home secretary and state junior health minister leave CM residence

Our Web Desk Published 14.09.24, 05:54 PM
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  • When we agreed for talks with just signed minutes of the meeting, we were asked to leave: agitating doctors, reports PTI
  • Mamata-doctors meeting attempt ends in failure amid pleas, claims and counter-claims
  • Chief secretary, home secretary and state junior health minister leave CM residence
  • Deadlock over video recording and live streaming holds up meeting, junior doctors in huddle after CM plea
  • We will video-record the meeting, we will share the recording with you as soon as courts okay it: Mamata to doctors at her doorstep
  • Atleast have a cup of tea, if you don't want a meeting: CM Mamata
  • We shall keep minutes of the meeting, I will sign it. There will be transparency: Mamata
  • Why are you humiliating me so much? Please give a little respect: Mamata
  • CM addresses protesters outside her residence.
  • We asked for permission to allow videographers in the meeting, but chief secretary refused: Junior Doctors Forum
  • Live streaming not possible from CM’s residence: Chief secretary to junior doctors
  • Impasse over live streaming continues at CM’s residence in Kalighat
  • Chief secretary, home secretary, and junior health minister present at CM's residence
  • All doctors are being allowed into the chief minister's home
  • Bus carrying a delegation of junior doctors reaches CM Mamata Banerjee's residence at Kalighat
  • Doctors board bus at Salt Lake to head to CM's home in Kalighat

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is set to meet the protesting junior doctors at her Kalighat residence today at 6 pm, as tensions over the ongoing medical strike continue to simmer.

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In a bid to resolve the deadlock, the state government, through an email from the Chief Secretary, has extended an invitation to a team of 15 doctors to attend the crucial meeting.

However, the West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front has insisted that 30 doctors should represent them at the talks, citing the need for broader participation.

The meeting comes after the Chief Minister’s recent outreach, which the junior doctors described as a “positive step,” though they remained tight-lipped on whether the cease-work would be called off.

“We welcome her visit, as it implies that our five-point demand is justified,” one of the junior doctors said. The group has also emphasised transparency in the discussions, calling for the meeting to be live-streamed.

This is a developing story. Please refresh the page for latest updates.

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