Relations between Mamata Banerjee and Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar have been sour for some time.
Kolkata:
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday blocked Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar from her Twitter account, a day after she said the state has become “a gas chamber for democracy”, in a sign that the relationship between the two leaders are near the point of no return. Why bitterness?
“I apologize in advance for this. He (Jagdeep Dhankhar) tweets something every day to abuse me or my officials. Says unconstitutional, immoral things. He doesn’t give advice. Bonded to an elected government Treats like a labourer. That’s why I have blocked him from my Twitter account. I was getting irritated,” Mamata Banerjee said at a press conference.
Ms Banerjee also said that the governor has threatened the chief secretary and the police chief on several occasions.
He said that he has written several times to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking Mr Dhankhar’s removal, but no action has been taken so far.
Mamata Banerjee’s move, which will mean the governor’s posts will no longer be visible on her Twitter feed, appears to have been inspired by Mr Dhankhar’s latest attack on her government at an event marking Mahatma Gandhi’s death anniversary.
He said, “I cannot see the holy land of Bengal soaked in blood (in violence) and a laboratory of crushing human rights. People are saying that the state is turning into a gas chamber of democracy.” Also on his Twitter account.
“There is no rule of law in Bengal. Only the ruler rules here. It is my responsibility to protect the Constitution,” he said.
On Monday, he responded to this move of Mamta Banerjee, citing the Constitution.
Gujarat WB: mandated under Article 159 of the Constitution to ensure that no one in the state “blocks” the constitutional norms and rules of law and that those in authority have “true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India”. keep” pic.twitter.com/gGDf3doAyJ
— Governor of West Bengal Jagdeep Dhankhar (@jdhankhar1) 31 January 2022
The governor, a former leader of the opposition BJP who has been with Ms Banerjee permanently since her appointment in 2019, recently accused the chief minister and the speaker of the assembly of violating constitutional norms, which she sought on several The information provided was not provided. It matters.
Throughout his tenure, he clashed with the government over the appointment of university vice-chancellors, with bureaucrats called to his office for clarification.
Last week, the governor had described the political situation in Bengal as “terrible and appalling”, after laying wreath at the statue of BR Ambedkar in the assembly complex.
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