Chief minister of West Bengal in India Mamata Banerjee said that she was willing to resign after efforts to resolve the deadlock between agitating junior doctors and the government of West Bengal stalled on Thursday, reports Hindustan Times.

According to the report, the doctors refused to engage in talks with the CM unless their demand for a live-streamed meeting was met.

‘I tried thrice to hold talks with the junior doctors to end the RG Kar stalemate. I am still saying that I will not take any action against them for not coming and making us wait for two hours. I will forgive them because being elders, it is our responsibility to forgive our younger ones,’ Banerjee said, says the report.

She also offered an apology to the people of Bengal for the continued crisis. ‘I apologise to the people of Bengal who expected an end to the RG Kar impasse today…I am ready to resign from my post for the sake of the people. I don’t want the chair, I want justice (for the deceased) and treatment for the people (patients),’ the chief minister added, adds the report.

The doctors, who have been protesting against the alleged rape and murder of a female colleague at RG Kar Medical College, reached the venue around 5:25pm, remaining outside the gates for over an hour in a tense standoff with government officials, the report mentions. Mamata Banerjee, who had agreed to meet the doctors as part of ongoing efforts to end their strike, waited inside the venue for over an hour. Although the state government assured that the session would be recorded for transparency, the doctors insisted on a live telecast of the proceedings, the report adds.

According to the report, the state’s chief secretary Manoj Pant had earlier conveyed that live streaming was not feasible, but promised to provide a full video recording of the meeting.