Reacting to Banerjee’s statement, Mitra wrote on Twitter: “Doctors should stop treating cannibals. Not worth Mamata. What you mean by "You'll get thrown out "?!?!? They are Indians, illegal immigrants will be thrown out. Hunters will be hunted soon.”
Former Bollywood actor Koena Mitra gave her two scents on the doctors striking in Bengal after Mamata Banerjee said they’d be ‘thrown out’.
Reacting to Banerjee’s statement, Mitra wrote on Twitter: “Doctors should stop treating cannibals. Not worth Mamata. What you mean by "You'll get thrown out "?!?!? They are Indians, illegal immigrants will be thrown out. Hunters will be hunted soon.”
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday asked agitating junior doctors across the state to resume work within four hours and warned them of action if the order is not followed.
Banerjee had threatened to throw agitating doctors out of the hospital. However, they refused to bow down and said they'd continue to protest. Also, baulking at Mamata's phrase calling them 'outsiders'
Banerjee, who reached the state-run SSKM hospital in the wake of the disruption of medical services in several parts of the state over the past three days, directed police to vacate hospital premises, asserting that no one other than the patients should be allowed on the campus.
Read: Mamata Banerjee calls it a BJP-CPI(M) conspiracy
‘Ashamed as a TMC supporter’: Kolkata Mayor’s daughter Dr Shabba Hakim lashes out at Mamata govt over doc strike
The chief minister also alleged that the agitation was a part of the conspiracy of rival parties.
"The junior doctors' agitation is a conspiracy by the CPI(M) and the BJP," Banerjee, who also holds the health and family welfare portfolio, said. She contended that outsiders had entered medical colleges and hospitals to create disturbances.
1. Mamata gives deadline to docs
)
She had given the doctors a four-hour deadline to rejoin service, but later revised it to 2 pm.
The chief minister claimed that the agitation was part of a conspiracy of her political rivals.
"I condemn the agitation. The junior doctors' strike is a conspiracy by the CPI(M) and the BJP," Banerjee, who also holds the health and family welfare portfolio, said.
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief alleged that outsiders had entered medical colleges and hospitals to create disturbances. She also accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of trying to give the strike a communal colour.
"The BJP, with help from the CPI(M), is indulging in Hindu-Muslim politics. I am shocked to see their love affair," Banerjee said. "BJP chief Amit Shah is encouraging his party cadre to create communal tension and run a propaganda on Facebook." Senior BJP leader Mukul Roy had alleged that members of a particular community had carried out the attack on doctors and that the perpetrators belonged to the TMC.
2. Docs demand justice
)
The doctors, who have been agitating since Tuesday after two of their colleagues were attacked and seriously injured at the NRS medical college and hospital in Kolkata, raised "we want justice" slogans before the chief minister.
Despite the warning, the protesters were seen continuing with their agitation at the SSKM hospital.
Sources said a joint platform of doctors would be meeting the governor shortly to submit a deputation in connection with the ongoing agitation.
Emergency wards, outdoor facilities, pathological units of many state-run medical colleges and hospitals and a number of private medical facilities in the state have remained closed over the past two days in the wake of the protest.
3. Opp slams Mamata
)
The opposition camp in West Bengal slammed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday for her alleged threats to agitating doctors and sought her immediate resignation as the health minister.
Bengal BJP vice-president Jay Prakash Majumdar said the chief minister, instead of solving the problem, was indulging in blame game.
"Is this a way to deal with the agitating doctors? Instead of solving the problem, she is blaming the doctors, the BJP and others. This is completely absurd. If she can't control the situation, she should resign as the health minister," Majumdar said.
4. CPI(M) slams didi
)
Accusing the Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo of politicizing the issue, CPI(M) central committee member Sujan Chakraborty said Banerjee does not seem interested in ending the impasse.
"Is she is concerned about solving the problem, or would just want to politicize the matter? The way she was threatening the doctors, it seems she is not at all interested in ending the impasse," he said.
Doctors across the state have called for a strike in protest against the attack on two of their colleagues at NRS Medical College and Hospital in the city by family members of a patient, who died Monday night.
Services have been affected over the past three days in emergency wards, outdoor facilities and pathological units of many state-run medical colleges and hospitals and a number of private medical facilities in the state, leaving many patients in the lurch.
Despite the CM's warning, the agitating doctors were seen continuing the protest at the state-run hospitals.
They raised "we want justice" slogans before Banerjee.
Sources said a delegation of doctors would be meeting Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi Thursday to submit a deputation in connection with the ongoing protest.
