Bengal doctors wary of Mamata govt's moves

Almost 48 hours after the West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front (WBJDF) called off the fast-unto-death protest following a two-hour meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her officials, junior doctors said they will continue their movement until justice is served for their colleague and their unmet demands from the State are addressed.

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The Joint Platform of Doctors, West Bengal has already expressed its unhappiness with the outcome of Monday's meeting, as have the junior doctors. The co-conveners of the Joint Platform of Doctors, Punyabrata Gun and Hiralal Konar, raised questions in a joint statement following the meeting. It said: "The ring of corruption and criminalisation that is directly responsible for the brutal murder of the postgraduate trainee and the characters behind the scene responsible for the larger conspiracy continue to be patronised. In such a scenario, can the possibility of a repeat of such incidents be ruled out?