19 May , 2021 By : Debdeep Gupta
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on May 18 wrote to President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a change of Governor in the interest of "good governance " in the state.
The letter comes close on the heels of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arresting four leaders, including two ministers in the Mamata Banerjee cabinet, in the 2016 Narada sting operation case.
Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar had earlier this month given prosecution sanction to the CBI against the four leaders, a move that empowered the central agency to file a charge sheet against all four.
Banerjee's letters despatched on May 18 alleges that the Governor has been raking up an 'exaggerated version' of violence in West Bengal since the election, news agency IANS reported.
Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar had earlier this month given prosecution sanction to the CBI against the four leaders, a move that empowered the central agency to file a charge sheet against all four.
Banerjee's letters despatched on May 18 alleges that the Governor has been raking up an 'exaggerated version' of violence in West Bengal since the election, news agency IANS reported.
The intention, the letter said, is to project a ' highly inflated version ' of the law-and-order situation in West Bengal, overlooking the fact that the incidents happened when the control of administration was " not in our hands," the news agency said.
The situation is now under full control and the administration is busy fighting COVID-19, it said.
The letter also pointed out that Dhankhar was "crossing all limits" by raising the law-and-order issue during the recent swearing-in ceremony and tweeting about it in the public domain, the agency said.
Two Trinamool Congress ministers and an MLA along with a former party leader were on May 17 arrested and chargesheeted by the CBI in Narada sting case amid the high drama that saw Mamata Banerjee sitting on a dharna at the probe agency's office for six hours.
Later in the evening, a division bench of the Calcutta High Court stays bail granted to West Bengal ministers, Trinamool Congress leaders arrested by CBI.
Governor Dhankhar, who has been at odds with the Chief Minister since he assumed office, took to Twitter on May 17 to express alarm and urge Banerjee to follow constitutional norms and rule of law amidst the drama over CBI action against the TMC leaders in Kolkata.
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