Kolkata: Taking severe notice of the demonstrations in entrance of the Raj Bhawan following the arrests made by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in reference to the 2016 Narada sting operation case, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar has shot off a letter to Kolkata Police Commissioner Soumen Mitra and sought a proof.
“State of law and order @MamataOfficial even at the main entry gate of Raj Bhawan worrisome with stance police @KolkataPolice leaving all to be desired. And all this when the area is subject to 144 CrPC prohibitory orders. Constrained to seek an update on it,” he tweeted attaching the letter written to the Police Commissioner.
Dhankar additionally expressed his ire over an incident throughout the protests wherein a person herded a flock of sheep on the gates of the Raj Bhawan.
“And on this stance @KolkataPolice (laughable one) is that the man was keen to have photo with Raj Bhawan background. No action whatsoever taken,” he tweeted.
The Governor additionally shared a video whereby a person was shouting and creating ruckus exterior the Raj Bhawan throughout the protests.
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“And such threatening posture at main gate of Raj Bhawan ! Police @KolkataPolice virtually takes no note of it. Look at the content of the threat ! With no fear of law- understandably given inaction of police. Can all this @MamataOfficial be countenanced or overlooked!” he mentioned in a sequence of tweets tagging West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the Kolkata Police.
The Governor’s outburst got here as scores of Trinamool Congress (TMC) staff and supporters gathered exterior the Raj Bhawan earlier on Monday and protested towards the arrest of West Bengal ministers Subrata Mukherjee and Firhad Hakim, get together MLA Madan Mitra and former Kolkata mayor Sovan Chatterjee in reference to the Narada case.
The TMC supporters, who demanded quick launch of the 4 arrested, additionally raised slogans towards the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the Centre and the Governor.
