Mamata says ready to resign for sake of Bengal people

Watch: I am ready to resign, says West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

“I apologise to the people of Bengal who expected an end to the R.G. Kar impasse today”

Updated - September 13, 2024 10:49 am IST - Kolkata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday (September 12, 2024) offered to resign "for the sake of people" and said she also wants justice for the murdered RG Kar hospital doctor.

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

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee addresses the media on RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder case, on Thursday.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee addresses the media on RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder case, on Thursday. | Photo Credit: ANI

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"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.

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