PANAJI
Their protest last week at an interaction arranged with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president J P Nadda by the party's State medical cell was not political and intended solely to raise the genuine issue of bio-medical waste handling, the Goa Private Dental Practitioners Association said.In a statement issued here on Monday, the association said they were called to Nadda's meet specifically to discuss issues related to their practice and professional matters and the hike in the handling fees of bio-medical waste generated in their clinics was one such genuine issue.
The association lamented that the BJP's medical cell chief Dr Shekhar Salkar attributed political motives to their protest at the event.
"But the fact is we were there on a specific invitation having told the Convenor, BJP medical cell that the purpose of attending the meet was to submit the memorandum to the BJP National President and have a healthy interaction with him so that our issues are resolved at the earliest, we were not seeking any favours and definitely not taking any chances," the statement issued by the association said.
According to the association, the interactive session got delayed and the dental fraternity felt they were not permitted to express themselves and finish their presentation and were interrupted prompting their walkout.
