West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday attacked Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar and the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Central government, stating that Dhankhar was not only overstepping his limits, but also doing \u201cmore than what a BJP mouthpiece\u201d would have. \u201cHe is acting more than a politician now,\u201d she said, adding that it was doing \u201ceven more than what Amit Shah\u201d would have done in the situation.<\/p>\n
Referring to Dhankhar\u2019s repeated tweets and showing a thick file of the responses sent to him from the state government, Banerjee said that the Bengal government had been constantly responding to his queries on various matters. \u201cAre we going to only concentrate on responding to his repeated queries about everything, or do some work to fight the current COVID-19 situation?\u201d she asked. “Are we his servants?” she asked.<\/p>\n
Referring to people asking her whether she was not responding to Dhankhar\u2019s questions and queries, she said that she had spoken with him four times on Wednesday. \u201cIn the current situation, let him relax a bit, the elections are not really knocking at the door, there is still time,\u201d she said with biting sarcasm, indicating that Dhankhar could attack her later.\u00a0Her attack was more direct at times, during a press conference at the state administrative headquarters, Nabanna. \u201cI know the value of a Governor, but he too should know the importance of an elected government. A Governor cannot talk like a political party,\u201d she said. \u201cIt seems elected people have become servants now.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is crossing all limits now,\u201d Banerjee said, adding that if such provocation continues, it would be fought \u201cpolitically, democratically\u201d.<\/p>\n
Banerjee also attacked the Centre, saying that during the time that the states are fighting the COVID-19 situation, several laws are being changed by the Centre towards \u201cdictatorship\u201d in the country. She appealed to all trade unions, including the BJP affiliated ones, to fight the Centre\u2019s decision to privatise various government-run organisations and to curb the workers\u2019 rights to fight and oppose.<\/p>\n
She said that the Centre had not supported the state\u2019s fight against COVID-19, and neither given \u201cPPEs, nor ventilators\u201d. \u201cIs it enough to clap and make noise with utensils?\u201d she asked, a reference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging people to bang utensils in appreciation of the doctors and health workers fighting the pandemic.<\/p>\n
Banerjee said that there were repeated political attacks on her and the government at the slightest slip while fighting the pandemic, and people were being used to hold demonstrations if anything went wrong. “It is a pandemic that even all the developed countries are finding tough fighting against. But instead of cooperating, political games are being played to find slips and to attack us,” she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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