Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar’s decision to use a BSF chopper to visit Sitalkuchi on Thursday “… to connect with sufferers” has raised questions in the state’s power corridors on whether he should spend taxpayers’ money to assess law and order in a Cooch Behar pocket when normality has been restored.
Four youths lost their lives in a CISF firing outside a polling booth in the Sitalkuchi Assembly segment on April 10, triggering uproar across the state.
The BSF in Bengal has two advanced light helicopters, currently stationed in Agartala (Tripura) and Guwahati (Assam). Based on orders the BSF’s eastern command gets from its headquarters, one will be brought to Calcutta to fly Dhankhar to Sitalkuchi, sources said.
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar to Meet Post-Poll Violence Hit People Sheltered in Assam
The Governor will reach Ranpagli at 9:45 AM on Friday by a BSF Helicopter and visit the camps where around 400 West Bengal BJP workers and their families are living
| 13 May 2021 8:06 AM GMT
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar will be visiting Ranpagli and Srirampur camps in Assam on Friday and take stock of the well-being of the over 400 people who had crossed over from West Bengal to Assam and have taken shelter in the camps. The people fled from West Bengal to escape post-poll violence that had erupted in the state.
West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar with Mamata Banerjee and her cabinet ministers during the oath-taking ceremony.
KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has struck a fine balance between experience and fresh faces, packing her council of 43 ministers with eight women and seven members from the minority community.
While handpicking her team, Banerjee has had an eye on district representation. She has also undertaken some major changes in portfolio distribution, possibly based on public feedback.
Like earlier, the CM has kept for herself a few key departments such as home, Hill affairs, health and family welfare, land and land reforms, refugee relief and rehabilitation, information and culture, and north Bengal development.
Fact Check: Viral posts falsely claim Centre clipped Mamata govt s powers over post-poll violence
Fact Check: Viral posts falsely claim Centre clipped Mamata govt s powers over post-poll violence
Viral posts on social media suggest that the Centre has imposed articles 256 and 257 in West Bengal. India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) found that there is no truth to these claims.
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Has Centre imposed articles 256 and 257 on West Bengal due to the post-poll violence?
Has the central government imposed articles 256 and 257 of the Indian Constitution on West Bengal due to the post-poll violence?
A Facebook post claims that the Union government has clipped Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee s wings by imposing these articles, which means that the Centre will now have direct control over the state s senior officials.
Bengal Governor to visit areas hit by post-poll violence, TMC says shouldn t act like flag bearer
Bengal Governor to visit areas hit by post-poll violence, TMC says shouldn t act like flag bearer of BJP
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar has announced his plan to visit areas in the state affected by post-poll violence. TMC leader Kalyan Banerjee said on Tuesday that the governor should not act like a flag bearer of the BJP .
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File photo of West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar (Photo Credits: PTI)
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar has decided to visit families of those affected by post-poll violence in the state. The governor took to Twitter to make the announcement on Tuesday.