{"id":10175,"date":"2020-07-29T05:45:49","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T05:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=10175"},"modified":"2020-07-29T05:45:49","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T05:45:49","slug":"some-in-constitutional-posts-disturbing-state-day-after-mamatas-dig-dhankhar-says-stunned-shocked-at-observation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=10175","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Some in constitutional posts disturbing state\u2019 Day after Mamata\u2019s dig, Dhankhar says \u2018stunned, shocked at observation\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday slammed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee<\/a> for her jibe at him during Monday\u2019s virtual video conference with Prime Minister Narendra Modi<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a letter to Banerjee, the Governor said, \u201cI am stunned and shocked, as are many, at your observation yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Monday, Banerjee without taking anyone\u2019s name took a dig at Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar during an online meeting with Prime Minister Modi. She said that she never saw the PM not cooperating, but some people in constitutional positions were continuously disturbing the state, and were not cooperating.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne may be a state government official or a Central Government employee, but we should work together during this pandemic<\/a>,\u201d she had said.<\/p>\n

In the letter, the Governor wrote that the CM\u2019s observations were bereft of any fact, premise or foundation. \u201cA look at my communications and tweets would bear out my wholesome motivations, primacy ever being the welfare of the people \u2014 be it systematic destruction of railway and other public properties during anti-CAA agitation; rampant corruption in Amphan<\/a> relief distribution; hurdles in functioning of Inter ministerial central team; alarming law and order scenario; oppressive police action against opposition and many more.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dhankhar further said he was not in politics, but he did have a stake in the governance of the state. \u201cI am required to be aware of state of affairs and also affairs of state. I have scrupulously adhered in my actions to constitutional prescriptions while you have, in spite of my umpteen suggestions, all through practiced constitutional distancing and making my role as governor and chancellor dysfunctional,\u201d he wtote.<\/p>\n

He also trained his guns at the state police. \u201cPolice in the state have fingers in every pie and this does not augur well for democracy. Inputs indicate that the governance in the state is police driven \u2014 a worrisome scenario that leads to a police state. Time to take note of the fiscal empowerment of those in police, in positions of authority, and it will be an eyeopener as many assert,\u201d the Governor said.<\/p>\n

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By: Express News Service | Kolkata | Published: July 29, 2020 10:55:28 am In a letter to Banerjee, the Governor said, \u201cI am stunned and shocked, as are many, at your observation yesterday.\u201d (Express) West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday slammed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her jibe at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kolkata"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/bengal-governor.jpgw759.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}