'Generic, Not Valid': Bengal On 'Mass Resignations' By Doctors Over RG Kar Case

The West Bengal government on Saturday said the mass resignation of doctors of state-run hospitals is not valid and it must be submitted individually according to service rules.

Several doctors from state-run hospitals have submitted collectively signed “resignation” letters to the government seeking justice for the post-graduate trainee who was raped and murdered at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and in support of junior medics on a fast-unto-death to press for their demands.

“Unless an employee sends in his/her resignation personally to the employer as per service rules, it is not a resignation letter,” Alapan Bandyopadhyay, chief advisor to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, told reporters at the state secretariat Nabanna here.