Junior doctors in Kolkata have started an indefinite hunger strike over the RG Kar rape and murder case, demanding justice and reforms in medical college committees. They accuse state authorities of obstructing their protest and are calling for increased police protection and the removal of the health secretary.

We will be left with no other choice but to join the indefinite hunger strike in solidarity with our juniors, says a senior doctor

The doctors said that they would continue to perform their duties but would not eat anything until their demands were met.

Junior doctors in West Bengal have gone on indefinite hunger strike, demanding justice from the Mamata Banerjee-led state administration. They stated that their protest would continue until their demands were met on humanitarian grounds,

Junior doctors of the West Bengal Junior Doctors Front sat on a hunger strike as the government failed to meet their demands.Speaking on it, Dr Sayantani, West Bengal Junior Doctors Front, said, “Till the time our demands of justice on humanitarian grounds is not fulfilled,

Junior doctors in West Bengal began their fast unto death protest against the state government accusing it of inaction over their demands. The medics have been protesting against the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9.

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