New Delhi: Even as protests rage over rape and murder of a 31-year-old junior doctor in Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical and Hospital, a senior Trinamool Congress leader has questioned the doctors’ agitation and asked them how they would respond if security forces on the borders go on strike and stage demonstrations against the 2019 Pulwama attack.
Kunal Ghosh exhorted the doctors to call off their strike and go back to work. He said that in the Pulwama attack – in which 40 personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were killed on February 14, 2019 — the security forces have not got justice.
In a post in Bengali on X, Ghosh wrote: “With a request to doctors to end their strike, I have a question. There has been no justice in the Pulwama case. So, if jawans leave the borders and start a ‘we want justice’ protest, how would they see it?”
চিকিৎসকদের কর্মবিরতি তোলার অনুরোধসহ প্রশ্ন-
পুলওয়ামার ঘটনার এখনও ন্যায়বিচার হয়নি। তাই পুলওয়ামায় ‘we want justice’ বলে জওয়ানরা যদি সীমান্ত ছেড়ে এসে ধর্ণায় বসেন, সেটাকে কীভাবে দেখবেন?
— Kunal Ghosh (@KunalGhoshAgain) August 21, 2024
The opposition has turned the heat on the Trinamool Congress government over the RG Kar rape and murder case, and the ‘Quit Mamata’ chorus has been mounting. It’s not just the medical fraternity which is protesting, but people from walks of life have joined the agitation across the country.
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court formed a 10-member National Task Force to suggest measures to curb violence against health professionals and ensure safe work conditions for them. “Medical professionals – doctors, nurses and paramedic staff – work round the clock. Unrestricted access to every part of healthcare institutions has made healthcare professionals susceptible to violence,” the court said.
Meanwhile, the CBI has intensified its investigation into the rape-murder case. It interrogated Dr Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of the RG Kar College, when the crime took place in the seminar room of the hospital.
