‘Ready to resign for sake of Bengal people,’ says Mamata Banerjee as protests over RG Kar continue

The West Bengal chief minister said that ‘despite her best intentions and efforts in the last three days, the medics declined to hold talks.’

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee | File Photo | ANI

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday offered to resign “for the sake of people” and said she also want justice for the murdered RG Kar hospital doctor.

“I apologise to the people of Bengal who expected an end to the RG Kar impasse today. They (junior doctors) came to Nabanna but did not sit for the meeting. I request them to go back to work,” Banerjee told a press conference.

“I am ready to resign for the sake of the people as, despite my best intentions and efforts in the last three days, the medics declined to hold talks,” the chief minister said. PTI SCH PNT NN

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