Kolkata hospital horror: Bengal BJP slams TMC MLA Lovely Maitra for 'doctors turning into butchers' remark
Times of India | 3 September 2024
West Bengal Junior Doctors' Forum(WBJDF) supporters during a protest march to police headquarters in Kolkata. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: The West Bengal BJP on Tuesday slammed Trinamool Congress MLA Arundhuti Maitra, popularly known as Lovely Maitra, over a video in which she purportedly called doctors protesting against RG Kar hospital rape-murder, 'butchers'.
The BJP posted the undated video on it's 'X' handle, accusing the ruling party MLA of trying to defame frontline health workers.
"TMC MLA Lovely Maitra disgustingly calls doctors 'butchers' while her husband, IPS Soumya Roy, conveniently holds a top post in the Kolkata Police.Is this venomous hate being spewed because doctors are bravely exposing Mamata Banerjee's catastrophic failures and her police force’s corruption? This blatant attempt to defame frontline workers who are saving lives shows just how desperate and shameless TMC has become. Mamata’s regime is a disgrace to the people of Bengal," the BJP wrote while posting the video on 'X'.
Bengal BJP's social media in-charge Keya Ghosh also slammed Maitra in her post.
"TMC MLA Lovely Maitra now compares doctors with butchers! Sincerely hope if god forbid, Lovely Maitra falls ill, she won't go to any of these 'butchers' for treatment. Also, did I mention that her husband is an IPS officer serving under the TMC govt?", Ghosh said.
In the purported video, the TMC MLA is heard saying, "Day by day, doctors are turning into butchers. What are they doing in the name of protest? The poorest of the poor who come from rural areas and cannot afford treatment at private hospitals. They are suffering due to lack of medical care in government hospitals. They are not getting any treatment. Are these people human? Doctors are turning into butchers."
Despite the Supreme Court's request for doctors to resume their duties, the nationwide protests have persisted.
Keya Ghosh also shared another part of Maitra's speech, accusing her of threatening the protesting doctors.
"MLA madam did not only stop at calling doctors butchers. She claims she knows how to 'lower' the fingers pointing at Mamata Banerjee," Ghosh posted on 'X'.
As of now, no response has been received from Maitra following the BJP leader's sharing of her video on X. Arundhuti Maitra, who is also an actor, represents the Sonarpur South assembly seat in the South 24 Parganas district as a TMC MLA.