Joining the doctors' strike, the Indian Medical Association (IMA), which has 3.5 lakh doctors as its members, has also declared a pan-India strike starting on 17th June from 6 am till 6 am on 18th June.
As Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal has gone to war against the doctors in the state, the medical fraternity across the country has hit the streets
The debate on CNN News18 soon deviated from the main issue of political violence in West Bengal into a war of words between the anchor and Garga Chatterjee over the issue of whether CNN News18 was a Hindi or an English channel.
The BJP also alleged that the communal disharmony is linked with "illegal Rohingyas in West Bengal" and demanded a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the matter