West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday wrote to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee saying that he took strong exceptions to the remarks made by her during a video conference meeting with the Prime Minister.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are some who do non-coperation despite holding constitutional posts and keep harassing the State. It should not happen,\u201d Ms. Banerjee said at a virtual meeting with the Prime Minister on Monday during the inauguration of a state-of-the-art COVID-19 testing facility in Kolkata, Mumbai and Noida.<\/p>\n
While the Chief Minister did not elaborate or refer to any persons, her remarks implied that she was referring to the Governor with whom her differences have come out in open.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am stunned and shocked, as are many at your observations yesterday…. I take strong exception to such uncharitable, unfounded and unmerited stance. These are unbecoming of the position you hold. Significantly, you have not even once adverted anything like this in any manner to me anytime,\u201d Mr Dhankhar said in a letter addressed to the Chief Minister.<\/p>\n
The Governor also shared the letter on social media, and added that he had been \u201cconstrained to respond to the hurtful and unwarranted observations @MamataOfficial yesterday\u201d. Mr. Dhankhar also urged the CM to \u201cshun baggage of yesterday and work for betterment of people\u201d.<\/p>\n
In the letter he has also raised allegations at the \u201cpolice in the State have finger in every pie \u2014 and this does not augur well for democracy\u201d . Mr. Dhankhar went on to say, \u201cGovernance in State is police driven \u2014 a worrisome scenario that leads to a Police State.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n