Following the molestation charge levelled by women employees against West Bengal Governor Dr CV Ananda Bose, Kolkata Raj Bhavan on Wednesday said it is willing to show the CCTV footage related to the case to 100 people, but not to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and “her police”.
Kolkata police had requested the Raj Bhavan to share the CCTV footage concerning the molestation charge. However, the Governor directed his staff not to cooperate with the police.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Raj Bhavan Kolkata informed that the Bengal Governor has launched a programme ‘SACH KE SAAMNE’.
“Raj Bhavan is not sparing the CCTV footage of an incident which is under the illegal and unconstitutional investigation of the police,” the post read.
The Raj Bhavan asked the public to send requests over email or phone to attend the programme and promised that the first 100 people would be allowed to see the footage inside the Governor’s House on Thursday morning.
“Governor has decided that the CCTV footage can be seen by any citizen of West Bengal — except politician Mamata Banerjee and her police for the stand they had taken, which is in public domain,” the post added.
A contractual woman employee of the Raj Bhavan lodged a written complaint with the Kolkata Police alleging molestation by the governor in the Governor’s House.
Earlier on Monday, Bose described the allegation as “absurd drama” and labelled Mamata’s politics as “dirty”.
The governor claimed the CM had “dragged” him into politics amid the Lok Sabha elections and insisted that ‘even God’ would find it difficult to ‘save’ the TMC supremo. The TMC government is currently in a standoff with Bose over molestation charges levelled against him.
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Published: 08 May 2024, 09:05 PM IST