Kolkata: Asking the BJP and Left not to test her patience, CM Mamata Banerjee said, “I want to tell Ram-Bam-Shyam — the alliance of the BJP, the CPM and the Congress in Bengal — that you can abuse me but do not try to malign Bengal.”
The CM appealed to the BJP to let the CBI “work impartially”. “Kolkata Police has already done 90% of the work. Let the CBI complete the rest of the investigation by this Sunday and ensure the culprit gets capital punishment,” she said.
She also appealed to the agitating doctors to resume work.“Poor people, who cannot afford private healthcare and depend on government hospitals, are suffering because of you. The state spends a huge amount of money to make you doctors. I respect the work you all do. Please understand how patients are suffering because of your non-cooperation,” she said, adding that she supported their cause and she herself was part of many protests and rallies.
Banerjee then repeated her suspicion that there could be something more in the crime than what met the eye. “A nurse went and met her (the victim) after she went to the seminar hall to rest. Why did doctors and other staff at the hospital not look for an on-duty doctor who was absent from 3 am to 9 am? How is this possible?” she asked.