New Delhi: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, who visited post-poll violence-affected areas of Cooch Behar district on Thursday (May 13), was proven black flags by a number of individuals during his visit. The Bengal Governor visited the realm to fulfill the kin of 4 individuals who had been reportedly killed in firing by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) during the fourth section of the meeting election on April 10.Â
Total collapse of regulation, individuals began dwelling in jungles: Jagdeep Dhankar
“This is total collapse of rule of law. I could have never imagined this. I have seen the fear of Police in the eyes of the people, they are scared to go to Police, their houses were looted. I’m really shocked, this is destruction of democracy,” ANI quoted Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar as saying.Â
“People have left their houses and are living in jungles. Women tell me, that they (goons) will come there once again and there is such failure of security before the Governor. I’m shocked at it. I can imagine what the people here must be going through,” Dhankhar stated.Â
According to ANI, a bunch of individuals additionally blocked the path of Governor Dhankhar’s car and lift slogans in Dinhata, Cooch Behar.Â
#WATCH | West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar was proven black flags by a bunch of individuals who additionally raised slogans during his visit to Sitalkuchi, Cooch Behar. pic.twitter.com/TA6StfDgk0
— ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2021
Your scheduled visit to violence-hit areas violated norms: Mamata Banerjee to Jagdeep Dhankar
It is to be famous {that a} day earlier than his deliberate visit to the publish ballot violence-affected Cooch Behar district, Governor Dhankar acquired a letter from Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee the place she stated claimed that the scheduled visit violates long-standing protocols. In the letter, CM Mamata urged him to desist from ‘abrupt choices with reference to discipline visits’. However, the governor, in his reply, stated that he was discharging duties mandated by the Constitution and his visit to Cooch Behar was to share the ache and agony of the individuals affected by post-poll violence.
“He (Dhankhar) did not listen to the state government and went to Cooch Behar. He went there in the company of a BJP leader. His conduct is unconstitutional,” veteran TMC MP and get together spokesperson Sougata Ray stated.
BJP MP Nisith Pramanik accompanied Dhankhar during his visit to violence-hit areas of the district.
The Trinamool Congress in December 2020 had written to President Ram Nath Kovind to take away Jagdeep Dhankhar from the publish of the West Bengal governor, accusing him of ‘transgressing constitutional limits’ by often commenting towards the state administration in public. Senior get together chief and minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay claimed that Dhankhar’s conduct is unbecoming of a governor.