“Nervous” Governor Talks Of “Unfastened, Honest” Bengal Ballot After Amit Shah Meet

Kolkata:

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar on Thursday met Union House Minister Amit Shah in Delhi after which did one thing seldom performed. He referred to as a press meet and introduced an assault at the Mamata Banerjee govt, record ceaselessly voiced lawsuits. He mentioned he was once frightened concerning the protecting of unfastened, honest and fearless elections within the state which might be due about six months from now.

Mr Dhankar claimed Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee was once operating a police state, that sections of the paperwork had been appearing as political employees and foot squaddies and political violence was once a day by day affair.

“Relentless political vendetta of unattainable dimensions with brutal centered killings,” he mentioned.

However those lawsuits Mr Dhankar has voiced previous, thru tweets and at press meets in Kolkata. On Thursday, for the primary time, he raised the problem of elections.

“Other people deserve democracy. I’m dedicated to verify unfastened, honest and fearless balloting. That’s the minimal expectation folks have,” he mentioned.

“You might be governing handiest thru police equipment and that isn’t accredited. A police station shall no longer be allowed to be a marketing campaign place of business. That is the minimal I will do to vindicate the oath I’ve taken as governor,” Mr Dhankar mentioned.

“I’m really not a stake holder in politics. It isn’t my worry who will get elected. It’s my worry how election takes position. It’s my worry how governance takes position. If the governance isn’t in line with rule of legislation, then the governor is concerned,” he added.

The Trinamool Congress brushed aside the governor’s outburst in Delhi as false, mischievous and politically motivated.

“He’s complaining the police are politicized. What about him? He says he’s frightened about Bengal. We’re frightened about him. He’s diminishing his personal place of business,” Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee mentioned.

TMC MP Sougata Roy tweeted, “The governor’s outburst is the outburst of a annoyed guy. He is making an attempt to curry favour with the ruling party on the Centre in order that after his governorship is over, he will get a political place. No one takes this governor critically”.

Every other Trinamool MP, Kalyan Banerjee, referred to as a “loudspeaker of BJP”.

Even Trinamool’s competitors, the Congress and Left, condemned the governor for airing his grievances at a press meet after assembly the house minister. “He will have some degree in his lawsuits. However he cannot say such issues publicly. This is our function,” mentioned Pradip Bhattacharya, Congress MP. 

Sujan Chakraborty, CPM MLA, mentioned: “There’s no legislation and order within the state, no denying the CM runs the state thru police and IPAC. However there should be laxman rekhas (limits) for the governor. He can not do press meetings and abuse the state only for exposure and political motives”.

The BJP defended the Governor’s feedback. “He mentioned not anything fallacious. Regulation-and-order has collapsed within the state, political violence is occurring, police are controlling the whole lot. He mentioned simply that,” mentioned Sayantan Bose, BJP chief.

Mamata Banerjee has no longer reacted to the governor’s outburst in any respect. She put out two tweets lately. One was once to condole the loss of life of deputy speaker Sukumar Hansda. The opposite was once to announce that the Kolkata Global Movie Competition was once being rescheduled from November to January.