The stand-off between some 3,000 junior doctors and the Madhya Pradesh government continued into the sixth day on Saturday with the former refusing to back down despite the High Court calling their stir illegal.
On Saturday, the state government sent eviction notices to the doctors, who had resigned in protest following the HC order on Thursday, to vacate their hostels.
Nearly 3,000 medicos resigned from their posts hours after the Madhya Pradesh High Court directed the striking junior doctors to resume their duties, terming their protest "illegal"