West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. | PTI
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced that Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay had retired from his position and will now serve as her chief advisor, ANI reported. HK Dwivedi will be the new chief secretary.
Banerjee’s announcement came just hours after she told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the West Bengal government will not release Bandyopadhyay. The Centre had recalled Bandyopadhyay to Delhi without providing a reason.
The West Bengal chief minister said that her state needed Bandyopadhyay during the Covid-19 crisis, NDTV reported. “For Covid and for Cyclone Yaas, he must continue his service to the poor, the state, the country, the affected people,” she added.
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], May 30 (ANI): Slamming West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for allegedly fighting with the Centre amid the COVID-19 crisis, BJP MP Raju Bista on Sunday said the TMC supremo thinks if she is like a king and ignore the opposition.
Slamming West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for allegedly fighting with the Centre amid the COVID-19 crisis, BJP MP Raju Bista on Sunday said the TMC su
Home Ministry-led panel submits report on post-poll violence in Bengal - The team visited several places in South 24 Parganas and North 24 Parganas districts and spoke to family members of the deceased and locals.