Centre receives report from West Bengal Governor on law and order situation in state
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The Centre on Friday obtained a report from Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on the prevailing law and order situation in West Bengal, a day after BJP president J.P. Nadda’s convoy was attacked in the state, officers mentioned.
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The State authorities, nevertheless, has not despatched any report as sought by the Union Home Ministry on “serious security lapses” throughout Nadda’s two-day go to to West Bengal.
“The Hme Ministry has received a report from the West Bengal governor on the law and order situation in the state,” an official mentioned.
Asked in regards to the contents of the report, the official mentioned that it’s beneath examination.
It is learnt that the Governor gave an in depth evaluation of the prevailing law and order situation in West Bengal and the State authorities’s response to political violence and different crimes.
The report from the Governor was wanted Mr. Nadda’s convoy was attacked on Thursday in Diamond Harbour, the Lok Sabha constituency of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee.
On December 6, Mr. Dhankhar had alleged that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) authorities in West Bengal is distancing itself from the rule of law and the governance in the state is “getting away” from the trail of the Constitution.
“I am deeply disturbed, concerned, worried and pained that the governance in West Bengal is getting away from the path of the Constitution. It is distancing itself from rule of law,” he had mentioned.
The Governor had additionally tweeted on Sunday: “High time @MamataOfficial to ensure governance in accordance with constitution and render police & administration “politically neutral”. CS & DGP @WBPolice non responsive stance ignoring lawful accountability, letter & spirit of structure is fraught with severe penalties“.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah had termed the attack on Mr. Nadda’s convoy a “sponsored violence”, and alleged that the state has “descended into an era of tyranny and anarchy” beneath Trinamool’s rule.
Mr. Nadda’s convoy was pelted with stones when he was travelling to Diamond Harbour in South 24 Parganas district to deal with a rally there.
Cars of a number of social gathering leaders together with that of BJP nationwide basic secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya and West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh which have been a part of the convoy have been broken in the alleged assault.
Another official mentioned that the Union residence ministry is but to obtain a report from the West Bengal authorities on the alleged “serious security lapses” throughout the BJP president’s go to.
Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla had additionally spoken to the West Bengal chief secretary on Thursday on the allegations of BJP’s state unit chief Dilip Ghosh.
Mr. Ghosh in a letter to Mr. Shah had alleged that “during his (Nadda’s) different engagements in Kolkata, it was observed that there was serious lapses on security arrangements, purportedly due to negligence and/or casual approach of the state police department“.
He had also alleged that a “mob” of over 200 folks with sticks and bamboos have been demonstrating elevating black flags in entrance of the BJP’s state unit workplace in Kolkata.
Mr. Ghosh claimed that a number of the protesters climbed on automobiles parked outdoors the social gathering’s workplace and raised slogans, and the “police did not intervene to stop them and casually allowed them to come within a close perimeter of Nadda ji’s vehicle”.
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