Jagdeep Dhankhar was to leave for Kolkata today post his meeting with Amit Shah Thursday about the law & order situation in Bengal, but his departure is now rescheduled to 19 June.
Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar didn't specify the reason for his 4-day visit. On Monday, BJP MLAs met him over the issue of alleged lawlessness and 'partisan stance' of the state police.
In 2 weeks since Mamata Banerjee took oath as Bengal CM a third time, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has visited political violence-hit areas and allowed current and ex-ministers to be prosecuted.
Jagdep Dhankhar said the home secretary did not forward reports of the DGP and Kolkata Police Commissioner about the law and order situation vis-a-vis post-poll violence in the state.
Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar termed the construction of the Ram Mandir an epochal development. A Raj Bhavan statement said the donation was made in their personal capacity.
The meeting between Shah & Dhankhar comes two days after CM Mamata Banerjee made an 'unscheduled' appearance at Raj Bhavan and held a meeting with the governor.
A team of TMC MPs sent a letter to President Kovind Tuesday accusing Governor Dhankhar of transgressing constitutional limits and regularly commenting against the state.
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly, the former Indian skipper, said it was just a ‘courtesy visit’. BJP denied Sunday’s meeting had any political connotations.
Castigating the Mamata Banerjee government over the attack, allegedly by TMC supporters, Jagdeep Dhankhar said a dangerous game of insider and outsider is going on in West Bengal.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
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