{"id":10247,"date":"2020-07-29T10:00:02","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T10:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=10247"},"modified":"2020-07-29T10:00:02","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T10:00:02","slug":"bengal-governor-takes-exception-to-mamatas-accusations-says-he-has-stakes-in-governance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=10247","title":{"rendered":"Bengal governor takes exception to Mamata\u2019s accusations, says he has stakes in governance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday slammed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee<\/a> for lodging \u201cunwarranted\u201d complaints against him with Prime Minister Narendra Modi<\/a>, and said that he does have stakes in the governance of the state and none in politics.<\/p>\n

During an online programme where the prime minister inaugurated new COVID-19<\/a> testing facilities in West Bengal, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, Banerjee alleged that \u201ca few people holding constitutional posts\u201d are disturbing the state government regularly, apparently hinting at Dhankhar.<\/p>\n

In a letter to the chief minister on Tuesday, the governor said he was \u201cstunned and shocked\u201d by her allegations.<\/p>\n

\u201cI take strong exception to such uncharitable, unfounded and unmerited stance. These are unbecoming of the position you hold,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Dhankhar, who had frequent run-ins with the government over several issues including law and order, ration for the poor and education since last September, said her observations are bereft of any fact, premise or foundation and there was not even one illustration to sustain these.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am not a stakeholder in politics, but have undoubted stakes in governance in the state given my constitutional obligations and would ever insist supremacy in the constitution and the rule of law in governance. I am required to be aware of the state of affairs and also affairs of state.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have scrupulously adhered in my actions to constitutional prescriptions, while you have, in spite of my umpteen suggestions, all through practised constitutional distancing and making my role as governor and chancellor dysfunctional,\u201d the letter read.<\/p>\n

Training his guns at the police department, which is under Banerjee, Dhankhar claimed that governance in the state is police driven.<\/p>\n

\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-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 eye-opener, as asserts,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Expressing concern over the alleged deterioration of law and order in West Bengal, Dhankhar had last week said the state police were not functioning according to rules and urged the chief minister to find time and interact with him on the matter.<\/p>\n

Dhankhar last week called on Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi and said he discussed the alarming rise in COVID-19 deaths and positive cases, lawlessness and wanton targeting of political opponents, and rampant corruption in Cyclone Amphan<\/a> relief.<\/p>\n

The face-off between the West Bengal government and the Raj Bhavan had escalated during the COVID-19 pandemic<\/a>, with Banerjee accusing Dhankhar of repeatedly interfering in the functioning of the state administration, and the latter asserting that a state cannot be governed as someone\u2019s \u201cpersonal fiefdom\u201d.<\/p>\n

On July 16, after the governor said that the education system in West Bengal is \u201cpolitically caged\u201d, Banerjee alleged that the governor was acting \u201cmore dangerously\u201d than a BJP<\/a> mouthpiece and that doesn\u2019t suit someone holding a constitutional post.<\/p>\n

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