GG News Bureau
Kolkata, 20th August. Senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) minister Udayan Guha has ignited a political firestorm after making controversial remarks about those demanding the resignation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in connection with the alleged rape and murder of a woman doctor. In a video that has gone viral, Guha was heard threatening to break the fingers of those who blame Banerjee and call for her resignation. The authenticity of the video has not been independently verified by the news agency PTI.
“People who are attacking Mamata Banerjee, pointing fingers at her, and demanding her resignation will never succeed. Those pointing fingers at the CM will be broken and crushed,” Guha was heard saying in Bengali in the video. His comments come in the wake of a growing doctors’ strike following the tragic incident at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
The body of the postgraduate trainee doctor was discovered on August 9 in the seminar room of RG Kar hospital. A civic volunteer was arrested the next day in connection with the crime, which has sparked widespread outrage across the nation.
Adding to the tension, TMC MP Arup Chakraborty criticized the ongoing doctors’ strike, warning that the party would not protect the medics if public outrage turned against them due to the protests. “Despite provocations, the police did not baton charge when RG Kar hospital was vandalized,” Guha stated.
The hospital witnessed vandalism in its emergency department, nursing station, and medicine store in the early hours of August 15, amid midnight protests by women across the state against the doctor’s rape and murder. Drawing a parallel with student unrest in Bangladesh that led to a change in government, Guha said, “We will never allow West Bengal to turn into another Bangladesh.”
In a separate viral video, Chakraborty, speaking at a rally in Bankura, warned the striking doctors: “If you use this movement as an excuse to go home or spend time with your friends, and a patient dies because of your strike and the public turns against you, we will not come to your aid.”
Protests by medical college students demanding justice for the victim have continued across West Bengal for the 11th consecutive day, severely disrupting healthcare services in the state. The situation remains tense as the controversy over Guha’s remarks adds to the already charged atmosphere.
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