'Bengal govt did not fulfil demands',Junior doctors begin hunger strike

The junior doctors, protesting over the rape and murder of their colleague at the RG Kar hospital, went on fast unto death on Saturday evening, claiming that their demands were not fulfilled by the West Bengal government. With three days left before the Durga Puja festivities start, the doctors had on Friday begun a sit-in demonstration at the Dorina Crossing in Dharmatala in the heart of Kolkata, setting a 24-hour deadline for the state government to fulfil their demands. "The state government has failed the deadline and hence we are starting the fast unto death, which will continue till our demands are fulfilled. To maintain transparency, we have installed CCTV cameras at the dais where our colleagues are holding the fast," a junior doctor said.

#WATCH | Kolkata | Dr Sayantani from West Bengal Junior Doctor's Front says, "We are starting a hunger strike from now onwards. We waited for 58-59 days and presented our demands in front of the state government...but to no resort. We, 6 people representing the West Bengal Junior… pic.twitter.com/LB61h52ryT

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The doctor said that they would join the duty as promised but would not eat anything.At present, six junior doctors would initiate the fast, he added. The junior doctors began the sit-in after calling off the 'total cease work'.