"The state government has failed the deadline and hence we are starting the fast unto death, which will continue till our demands are fulfilled. To maintain transparency, we have installed CCTV cameras at the dais where our colleagues are holding the fast,

The centrepiece of the pandal is a Maa Durga idol whose face is covered in shame, near a statue of a woman with a doctor’s coat and stethoscope.

Junior doctors in Kolkata protest with a fast unto death over unmet demands from the West Bengal government, coinciding with Durga Puja preparations.

The junior doctors, protesting over the rape and murder of their colleague at the RG Kar hospital, went on fast unto death on Saturday evening, claiming that their demands were not fulfilled by the West Bengal government.

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The doctors had on Friday begun a sit-in at Dorina Crossing in Dharmatala, setting a 24-hour deadline for the state government to fulfil their demands as promised.