 "West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee interacts with junior doctors delegation, at her Kalighat residence in Kolkata on Saturday. (PHOTO: PTI)")
About a hundred metres from Swasthya Bhaban, the headquarters of West Bengal’s health department in Salt Lake, the protest ground of junior doctors has taken centre stage in state politics.
The walls in the area, covered in graffiti, scream for ‘justice’. Slogans like ‘Swasthya Bhaban safai koro’ (clean up the health department) rend the air. People from different walks of life — teachers, technology employees, doctors, homemakers — gather in solidarity.
A sense of irreverence hangs heavy.
On Saturday, the mood shifted dramatically when West Bengal Chief Minister (CM) Mamata Banerjee made an unexpected visit to the
