Wed Sep 11 09:33:47 UTC 2024: ## BJP Leader Faces “Go Back” Slogans from Protesting Doctors
Kolkata: A tense situation arose on Wednesday when senior BJP leader Agnimitra Paul was met with shouts of “Go Back” by junior doctors protesting outside the Swasthya Bhavan, the headquarters of the West Bengal health department. The doctors have been staging a sit-in since Tuesday, demanding the removal of senior health officials and the Kolkata Police Commissioner for their alleged mishandling of the rape and murder of a doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last month.
While Ms. Paul claimed she was merely passing through the area on her way to the nearby BJP office, agitating doctors alleged she was attempting to politicize their protest. They asserted that she was seen speaking to the media near the protest site and making political remarks, prompting their chants of “Go Back.”
“I was not there to participate in the protest or to add a political color to it,” Ms. Paul said, explaining that she was unable to reach the BJP office due to road closures resulting from the protest. “I support the junior doctors’ protests, I did not go there to join them,” she added.
Despite her explanation, one of the protesting doctors maintained that Ms. Paul’s actions were an attempt to exploit the situation for political gain. “She could have simply passed without making any statement. She was making a political remark, which is why we raised the ‘go back’ slogans,” the medic stated.
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