Kolkata: On the eve of West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar’s scheduled go to to post-poll violence-affected Cooch Behar district, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday (May 12) wrote to him claiming that it violates long-standing protocols adopted by his predecessors in case of subject visits.
In her letter, Banerjee additionally alleged that Dhankhar has been immediately speaking with state authorities officers and dictating them, although she had earlier requested him to chorus from doing so.
“I discover from social media that you’re unilaterally continuing to Cooch Behar district on May 13 and, sadly, I discover that to be violative of the long-standing norms as developed over a number of a long time.
“I, therefore, would expect you will kindly follow the well-established norms of protocol, as stated above, and desist from abrupt decisions with regards to field visits,” Banerjee’s letter to Dhnakhar learn.
The CM referred to the ‘Manual of Protocol and Ceremonials’ of the house division of the state authorities, which says that visits of governors are finalised by the secretary of the governor after acquiring the orders of the federal government.
The governor on Tuesday mentioned that he’ll go to areas affected by post-poll violence in Cooch Behar district on May 13.
Banerjee additionally referred to her letter written to Dhankhar on September 26 final 12 months, during which she had urged him to “refrain from surpassing the Chief Minister and her Council of Ministers and communicating with and dictating the State officials, in excess of your power under the Constitution and directing them to attend before you”.
The CM alleged that the governor is “steadily ignoring” this recommendation.
At least 16 folks, primarily from the BJP and the TMC, have been killed in post-poll violence in West Bengal and a lot of the killings had been reported until May 3 when the regulation and order was underneath the Election Commission, Banerjee had mentioned on May 6.
Political clashes additionally left plenty of folks injured within the state because the outcomes of the meeting elections had been introduced on May 2, when the TMC returned to energy in a landslide victory.
