Jagdeep Dhankhar condemned Mamata Banerjee’s feedback on an assault on JP Nadda’s convoy.
Kolkata:
Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, condemning Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s feedback after an assault on BJP chief JP Nadda’s convoy, requested her to withdraw them and warned right now: “Madam, please do not play with hearth”.
Mr Dhankhar this morning submitted a report to the central authorities on the “deteriorating” legislation and order state of affairs in Bengal, after which the state’s police chief and Chief Secretary have been summoned on Monday. “Yesterday, the chief of a nationwide political celebration was blatantly attacked. And state actors had been concerned. Violators labored with the safety and immunity of the administration and the police. This is sort of a death-knell to democracy. I’ve written so in my suggestions,” he instructed reporters.
Mr Nadda’s convoy was attacked with bricks, stones and sticks close to Kolkata on Thursday afternoon. Some leaders had been injured and automobiles had been broken within the incident, which the BJP has blamed on supporters of the state’s ruling Trinamool Congress. The incident came about at Diamond Harbour, the parliamentary constituency of the Chief Minister’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee.
Video clips confirmed rocks smashing via windscreens and home windows because the automobiles moved on a crowded highway in Diamond Harbour, round 60 km from Kolkata. The BJP stated its leaders Kailash Vijayvargiya and Mukul Roy had been injured.
“The occasions that occurred yesterday are most unlucky,” stated Mr Dhankhar.
He detailed how he had summoned the police chief and Chief Secretary over the incident and alleged that they got here with none report. “I requested them to organize an in depth report and report back to me. They got here with none report, with none inputs. It’s shameful. They’re bureaucrats. They’ve an ethical obligation. I used to be shocked, and I used to be shamed. It was an especially painful second for Constitutional obligation,” he stated.
Mr Dhankhar additionally hit out at Mamata Banerjee over her feedback deriding Mr Nadda and questioning whether or not the assault was staged for political positive aspects forward of state polls subsequent 12 months. “They (BJP) has no different work. At instances Dwelling Minister is right here, different instances it is Chaddha, Nadda, Fadda, Bhaddha is right here. After they don’t have any viewers, they name their employees for doing nautanki,” Ms Banerjee had stated.
“I take a really severe word of the assertion made by the chief minister. How can a accountable chief minister, believing in rule of legislation, believing in Structure, and believing in wealthy Bengali tradition, discuss the best way she did. I attraction to her – madam, please mirror, please keep some dignity and style, and take again these phrases,” he stated.
The Governor additionally referred to Ms Banerjee blaming the incident on “outsiders making bother”.
“Madam Chief Minister, India is one, Indians are one, please don’t play with or fan this sort of hearth. You’re beneath oath of the structure, please respect it. Who’s an outsider, who’s an insider, please don’t take pleasure in these sorts of statements,” he stated.