Kolkata (31.01.2022): After DGP and Chief Secretary failing to turn up on being convened and West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar continuing to assert himself and Trinamool Congress planning on moving a “substantive motion” in Parliament against him, the Governor appealed to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to sit for discussions.
Appealing to the Chief Minister to establish rule of law in the state, he said: “The state has become a gas chamber and this I shall not tolerate. I cannot allow the state to be blood stained.” The conflict between the Governor and the state government reached a flashpoint after Dhankhar openly criticised the state government and the Speaker at the Assembly.
“The Speaker… thinks he has license to speak anything about the Governor. Has he become a law unto himself? I will not tolerate such indiscretion. The Speaker should not henceforth blackout the address of the Governor. If he does it, he will face the music,” Dhankhar had said. He was referring to two previous incidents when his speech was blacked out in the Assembly.
Dhankhar didn’t spare the Chief Minister and the ruling party even. Hitting out at the Chief Minister and the bureaucracy, he had said: “For the last two years, the Chief Minister has not replied to any information sought. Bureaucracy has to be held accountable. The bureaucracy is politically committed. Are they to follow the diktats of an individual?”
Governor and WB government acrimony reaches flashpoint
By IndianMandarins - 2022-01-31 09:25:00
Kolkata (31.01.2022): After DGP and Chief Secretary failing to turn up on being convened and West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar continuing to assert himself and Trinamool Congress planning on moving a “substantive motion” in Parliament against him, the Governor appealed to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to sit for discussions.
Appealing to the Chief Minister to establish rule of law in the state, he said: “The state has become a gas chamber and this I shall not tolerate. I cannot allow the state to be blood stained.” The conflict between the Governor and the state government reached a flashpoint after Dhankhar openly criticised the state government and the Speaker at the Assembly.
“The Speaker… thinks he has license to speak anything about the Governor. Has he become a law unto himself? I will not tolerate such indiscretion. The Speaker should not henceforth blackout the address of the Governor. If he does it, he will face the music,” Dhankhar had said. He was referring to two previous incidents when his speech was blacked out in the Assembly.
Dhankhar didn’t spare the Chief Minister and the ruling party even. Hitting out at the Chief Minister and the bureaucracy, he had said: “For the last two years, the Chief Minister has not replied to any information sought. Bureaucracy has to be held accountable. The bureaucracy is politically committed. Are they to follow the diktats of an individual?”
