Speaking with the junior medics, Mamata had urged them to withdraw the hunger strike. After the protesting junior medics wanted to meet in person for a meeting, the Chief Minister had asked a 10-member delegation to visit the state secretariat Nabanna on Monday at 5 pm.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee called fasting junior doctors and set up a meeting for Monday to address their demands. During a nearly hour-long conversation, Banerjee assured them their demands would be met but urged them to end their hunger strike due to public suffering.

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Kolkata: The junior protesting doctors on Friday had expressed their disappointment after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee didn’t meet the doctors on hunger strike for the last 14 days. Sayantani Ghosh Hazra, a protesting doctor said that she is running out of words to ask why the Chief Minister didn’t meet them despite several requests.

During a press conference on Saturday, October 19, the West Bengal Junior Doctors Front (WBJDF) announced that they would not end their hunger strike until their demands are met. This statement comes after a phone call with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee earlier today,