WB governor’s determination to go to Assam camps irks Mamata Banerjee

Displeased with West Bengal Governor, Jagdeep Dhankar’s determination to go to Assam to fulfill BJP supporters from West Bengal who fled to the neighbouring state as a consequence of assaults by the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) goons, West Bengal CM and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee has objected to the identical.
A day previous to his deliberate go to, Mamata Banerjee, in a strongly worded letter to Dhankar, suggested him to “desist” from enterprise “field trips” and comply with the established authorities protocols.
Mamata wrote to the Governor, drawing his consideration to the state dwelling (political) division’s ‘Manual of Protocol & Ceremonials’.
“I find from social media that you are unilaterally proceeding to the district of Coochbehar on 13-5-2021 and, sadly, I find that to be violative of the long-standing norms as evolved over several decades. I, therefore, would expect that you will kindly follow the well-established norms of protocol, as stated above, and desist from abrupt decisions with regard to field visits,” Mamata wrote in her letter to the state governor.
She drew the Governor’s consideration to considered one of her earlier letters and requested him to ‘refrain from surpassing her and her ministers’ orders’.
“I had requested and specifically advised you ‘to refrain from surpassing the chief minister and her Council of Ministers and communicating with and dictating to the state officials, in excess of your power under the Constitution and directing them to attend before you’. I find that you are steadily ignoring this advice, solemnly rendered by me to you, and have been communicating with and dictating the state officials. You have also been seeking reports from them directly. I urge you and again request and advise you to refrain from this. I am asking my chief secretary to go by this norm.”
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar tears into Mamata Banerjee rejecting her ‘order’
The West Bengal Governor, in response to her letter, tore into Mamata Banerjee, categorically rejecting her ‘order’.
In my response to CM“In time of such unprecedented crisis @MamataOfficial there was need to act in togetherness with all concerned, including the Governor. It was no time for optics or playing to gallery when we are in the midst of unprecedented post poll retributive violence.”— Governor West Bengal Jagdeep Dhankhar (@jdhankhar1) May 13, 2021
In his letter to the CM, Dhankar wrote that he’s “appalled that a leader of your stature should be even contemplating that in making visits the Governor has to obtain orders of the Government”. Dhankar reminded Mamata of his “constitutional duties” and mentioned that he would all that’s anticipated out of his oath and structure.
WB Governor’s letter to Mamata Banerjee
WB Governor’s letter to Mamata Banerjee
Condemning the rampant incidents of loot, arson, killings, rape and different horrendous acts in opposition to these in opposition to the ruling dispensation, the Governor urged the state CM to revisit her stance and commit herself to the structure that she by her oath is obligated to uphold and comply with.
According to experiences, West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankar is scheduled to go to Ranpagli and Srirampur camps in Assam on May 14 the place the ‘refugees’ from Bengal are being housed. “Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar will be visiting Ranpagli and Srirampur camps in Assam where due to post-poll retributive violence some people from WB had taken refuge for safety. The Governor will be reaching Ranpagli by BSF helicopter,” said a tweet posted from the official Twitter deal with of Dhankhar.
The Governor is claimed to be going to Assam on Friday from Cooch Behar in West Bengal. In Cooch Behar, he’ll go to Mathabhanga, Sitalkuchi, Sikai and Dinhata and meet folks affected by post-poll violence.
TMC goons unleash the angst in opposition to their BJP karyakartas after the previous’s ballot victory
Political violence that was unleashed by TMC goons after the declaration of outcomes to the West Bengal Assembly elections compelled many BJP karyakartas and supporters to flee the state and take shelter within the neighbouring state of Assam. We reported how TMC thugs looted and vandalised homes of BJP employees, forcing them to go away the state.
BJP chief and the now CM of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma took to Twitter on May 5 to share footage of a number of folks who had been compelled to go away the state following purported post-poll violence and are available to Assam. In a thread of Tweets, Sarma highlighted the plight of the refugees. Himanta Biswa Sarma confirmed that a whole bunch of individuals from Bengal, together with their members of the family have fled and reached Assam the place they’re being put up in shelters by the state authorities.
In truth, on the identical day, Nandigram MLA and BJP chief Suvendu Adhikari had additionally asserted that over a lakh folks have already fled Bengal for the reason that post-poll violence erupted in West Bengal from May 2, 2021.
Centre types four-member fact-finding group to probe post-election violence in West Bengal
After the incidents of post-poll violence in West Bengal, the MHA constituted a four-member fact-finding central group to assess the bottom scenario within the state and submit its report on post-poll violence within the subsequent 48-72 hours to the Union Home Ministry. The step was taken after repeated reminders to the Mamata Banerjee authorities to submit an in depth report on the post-poll violence, went unheard.