Bengal Governor seeks report from state as Suvendu Adhikari says cops entered his MLA workplace by pressure

By PTI

KOLKATA: West Bengal Governor Jadgeep Dhankhar on Sunday sought an pressing report from the state’s chief secretary H Ok Dwivedi over an “attack by the police” on the MLA workplace of Leader of Opposition in Assembly Suvendu Adhikari.

He stated such motion on the MLA workplace of Adhikari is a matter of “deep concern”.

“In view of worrisome inputs from Leader of Opposition West Bengal Legislative Assembly @SuvenduWB that his MLA office of Nandigram has been attacked by police, sought an urgent report Chief Secretary,” he tweeted.

Adhikari, later taking to the microblogging platform, stated the police entered his workplace by pressure.

“Without giving any prior info, with out displaying a search warrant, and with out the presence of a Justice of the Peace, the ‘Mamata’ police (West Bengal Police) forcefully entered my Nandigram MLA’s workplace unnecessarily.

“This is a lousy and cruel act on the part of the Mamata Banerjee government. It is a conspiracy against the Leader of the Opposition,” he wrote, attaching three movies to substantiate the declare.

Dhankhar stated that that chief secretary has been requested to file a report on the incident by 10 PM.

“CS @chief_west to render status report by 10 PM today indicating full details of heavy police and rapid action force posse & senior officials @WBPolice present in & outside MLA office of LOP @SuvenduWB.”

“Such an action in the MLA office of LOP is a matter of deep concern,” he added.