Mamata Banerjee thanked PM for holding multiple discussions (with CMs) on Covid (File)
Calcutta:
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his cooperation in tackling the COVID-19 crisis in West Bengal, but alleged that “a few people in constitutional positions regularly disturb the state government .
Ms Banerjee was apparently targeting West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, who has been at odds with the state government on a host of issues since taking office in July last year.
State and central governments are elected bodies and they should work together, she said during an online program where the prime minister inaugurated new COVID-19 testing facilities in West Bengal, on Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.
“I would like to thank the Prime Minister for having held several discussions (with the main ministers) on the COVID crisis. And so far there has been no non-cooperation on his part. I want to thank him But a few people, who hold constitutional positions, regularly disturb the state government. This is not acceptable, ”Ms. Banerjee said without naming anyone.
Reacting to Ms Banerjee’s comment on Monday, BJP chairman Dilip Ghosh said the governor had done the right thing in pointing out the state government’s mistakes.
“The manner in which the governor has been insulted by ministers in the TMC government is unprecedented,” he said.
The confrontation between the government of West Bengal and Raj Bhavan had intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic, with Ms. Banerjee accusing Dhankhar on several occasions of interfering in the functioning of the state administration, and the latter claiming that ‘a state cannot be ruled like someone else. “personal fiefdom”.
Expressing concern at the alleged deterioration of law and order in West Bengal, Dhankhar said last week that the state police were not operating by the rules and urged the chief minister to find time and interact with them. him on the matter.
On July 16, after the governor declared that West Bengal’s education system was “politically in a cage”, Ms. Banerjee alleged that the governor was acting “more dangerously” than a BJP spokesperson and that this was inappropriate to someone in constitutional office.
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