Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh on Sunday requested the agitating junior doctors at the state-run medical establishments to immediately resume normal services.

The BJP, which had so far been unconditional in its support to the agitators, on Sunday attributed the continuation of the impasse to the “personal ego” of the doctors and the state government. Ghosh said the doctors should not forget their own commitment to the society.

“I would request the agitating junior doctors to resume normal medical services immediately and not allow thousands of patients across the state to suffer any longer. Both the sides have to shun their personal ego, which is secondary, and the doctors must provide services,” said Ghosh, who is also the Midnapore MP.

“They can do this while carrying on with talks with the government for ensuring their security,” he added.

The BJP’s doctors’ cell, which had shown solidarity with the agitators, has also started trying to persuade the junior doctors to resume their duties.

“We had gone to meet the agitators at the NRS Medical College and Hospital and offered to firmly stand by them. But now, we are also requesting them to resume normal medical services, considering the sufferings of the masses,” said Vivekananda Majumder, the convenor of the cell.

He, however, added that junior doctors at NRS and elsewhere in the state were scared of meeting chief minister Mamata Banerjee at Nabanna fearing the use of force to make them budge from their stand.

“Why is the chief minister not coming to NRS and requesting the junior doctors to call off their agitation? They are like her children and she should not let ego stand in the way,” he said, adding the medical fraternity across India was concerned with the imbroglio in Bengal.

BJP state chief Ghosh also said security had become a major concern for Bengal’s citizens, not just physicians.

“Nobody in Bengal is safe. I have myself been attacked over 50 times in recent years. It is, perhaps, too much to expect under Mamata Banerjee’s rule,” said Ghosh, adding that he would lead a team of all 18 Bengal MPs of the BJP in Parliament from Monday to draw national attention to the situation in the state.

Ghosh reiterated the BJP allegation that a certain community was responsible for the NRS incident on June 10 and said he was “certain” that several international terror outfits were involved in it.