West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has openly blamed West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee for supporting her party leaders who are constantly criticizing him.
Dhankhar tweeted this morning, “Ministers one after the other have orchestrated unpalatable outbursts in public domain about the Governor. I doubtlessly take all these have sanction of the HCM and this is worrisome for me and others who believe in Democracy and Constitution.” He tagged Mamata Banerjee’s official Twitter handle in this.
In the follow-up tweet, the Governor said that relations between CM and Governor, “is more in statesmanship nature. Pained at its transgression on two distinct occasions by HCM…”
Speaking to journalists this morning, while out for morning walk in the Rabindra Sarobar area, Jagdeep Dhankar said that the chief minister should maintain a separate minister whose only job would be to criticize the Governor so that the other ministers can carry on with their work as usual. He also advised state’s junior health minister Chandrima Bhattacharya to rather concentrate on her own department rather than constantly engaging in a verbal duel with the Governor, as there were some complaints regarding the performance of her department. Dhankhar also advised Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim to tour the city by lowering the glass of the windows of his car, so that he could correctly assess the poor sanitation conditions of the city.
Bhattacharya reacted sharply, saying that Governor was not the one who could instruct her or Hakim on their performances. The chief minister is there to do so if needed, she said. She also said that the Governor was maligning the dignity of his post by trying to create a conflict with state government on an everyday basis.
