Khurana8217;s efforts fail, nurses8217; stir to continue

After a prolonged meeting late tonight, the nurses rejected the latest package8217; offered by Khurana and accused the government of diluting yesterday8217;s proposal that had brought them close to an agreement. 8220;It would not benefit even 20 per cent of the 11,000 nurses in the Capital, whereas the earlier package could have benefitted at least 90 per cent,8221; DNU general secretary G.K. Khurana told reporters outside Nirman Bhawan, where the nurses are still sitting on a relay hunger strike.

Ezhilmalai and Delhi Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, who joined today8217;s negotiations, later left for the PM8217;s office to apprise him of the latest situation.