KOLKATA: A group of agitating junior doctors on Wednesday evening reached the West Bengal state secretariat Nabanna to hold the second round of talks with the government to resolve the impasse due to the RG Kar issue.Escorted by a pilot police vehicle, the delegation of around 30 medics reached the secretariat around 7. 15 pm. They will hold a meeting with Chief Secretary Manoj Pant.”We want the issue of safety and security in hospitals to be addressed. The chief minister had announced the formation of a task force, but there is no proper clarity on it. We want the state government to accept our legitimate demands,” an agitating doctor said before leaving for the meeting venue.The West Bengal government on Wednesday invited the junior doctors agitating over the RG Kar rape-murder incident for a meeting at the state secretariat at 6. 30 pm, responding to their request for a fresh round of talks.The scheduled meeting would be the second round of talks between the medics and the state government in 48 hours, the first of which was held in the presence of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday.
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