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West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said she was willing to resign for the sake of justice after a tense two-hour standoff between the state and protesting doctors, ratcheting up the political controversy over the grisly rape and murder of a doctor in Kolkata last month.I)..
Her comments came after a delegation of junior doctors who have struck work now for over a month reached the state secretariat for talks with the chief minister, but sat outside the auditorium for two hours because the government didnt agree to their demand of live-streaming the negotiations..
A 34-member team of junior doctors reached the state secretariat at around 5.25pm on the invitation of the chief secretary to hold talks with the chief minister..
The doctors have five demands justice for the murdered doctor; action against all officials responsible for alleged tampering of the evidence; action against former RG Kar Hospital principal Sandip Ghosh; the resignation of Kolkata police commissioner Vineet Goyal; and the creation of a safe environment for doctors in medical colleges and hospitals in West Bengal..
. Pant sent a second letter on Thursday afternoon, inviting the protesters for talks at 5pm at Nabanna, the state secretariat.The government said the team should comprise 15 doctors and that there would only be video recording of the proceedings, no live-streaming..
