Doctor’s 24-hour Nationwide Strike LIVE Updates: Protests against the brutality with a female trainee doctor in Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital have been going on for more than a week. Due to this, health services have been affected. Doctors in big government hospitals in all major cities including Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, Chandigarh are protesting demanding their safety and justice for the victim. RG Kar Medical College remains the center of the protest.
Hundreds of women in Kolkata and other parts of West Bengal took to the streets on Sunday night repeating the ‘Reclaim the Night’ campaign in protest against the rape-murder of a female doctor. They demanded justice for the victim. Women of all ages and backgrounds gathered in Jadavpur, Garia, Behala Parnasree, Khanna, Lake Town and other places in the city and raised slogans, ‘We want justice.’ Some protesters carried burning torches. A similar demonstration took place on August 14 as well."text-align: justify;">On the other hand, more than 70 Padma award winners have expressed grief over this heinous crime in Kolkata. They have written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding immediate implementation of a special law to deal with violence against health workers. West Bengal Governor CV Anand Bose is going to meet Home Minister Amit Shah and Health Minister JP Nadda. He has sought time to meet both the leaders to discuss the deteriorating situation in Bengal."text-align: justify;">There is a lot of politics going on regarding the Kolkata rape-murder case. TMC has also responded to the Congress leaders who have demanded action on this incident. Notice has been sent to many leaders who posted about the medical college by doing RG on social media. This includes BJP leader Locket Chatterjee and TMC leader Sukhendu Shekhar Ray. You can read all the updates related to the Kolkata rape case and the doctors’ protest in the cards given below.