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West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday said that the army could have been called for the restoration work that three days ago had the chief minister been in contact with him. Also advised the chief minister Mamata Banerjee not to an exaggerated report to the Centre on the losses due to the cyclone Amphan.
Their tweets in a moment of large tracts of land in the south of Bengal was even limping back to normal has caused a controversy.
“We urge @MamataOfficial: Be in contact with Guv – had become the army could have been called 3 days ago,” Dhankhar wrote on Twitter in English and Bengali.
I have given instructions to all the authorities to attend to RAJ BHAWAN in the past ONLY AFTER NORMALCY IS restored IN the CITY of
URGE @MamataOfficial :BE IN CONTACT WITH GUV-HAD been DONE the ARMY WOULD have BEEN CALLED 3 DAYS AGO
SHARE REAL LOSS @PMOIndia :to INFLATE the NUMBERS IS counter-productive(2/2)
— The governor of West Bengal Jagdeep Dhankhar (@jdhankhar1) May 24, 2020
The state government called in the army on Saturday to clear roads of fallen trees.
In another of the councils to the prime minister, the governor wrote, “to Share real loss @PMOIndia: to Inflate the numbers is counterproductive.”
His tweets came after the CM Banerjee said that the estimated loss due to cyclone was of Rs 1 lakh crore. It has been said that 1 crore people have been rendered homeless due to cyclones. The prime Minsiter Narendra Modi has approved Rs 1,000 crore assistance to the state government, for the immediate exigency in the work of restoration.
On Sunday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders supported Dhankhar of the statement. “The governor has expressed the concern of all in the state of Bengal. People are fearful of corruption on the part of the administration of the state because of the examples that had been established on previous occasions. The CM is only talking about money. Why is she looking for money only? The Centree you need to investigate each claim of the state government,” BJP national secretary Rahul Sinha said.
After the aerial survey, PM Modi had said that he had spoken to Mamata Banerjee and Dhankhar and had decided that a detailed survey that needs to be done to review the extent of the damage.
The CM on Saturday, had urged the district officials to prepare reports of damage and losses very carefully so that the Central computers that are likely to visit the state to investigate the extent of the losses could be properly informed.
On Sunday, Derek O’brien, national spokesperson of the state ruling party Congress, Trinamool, said that 6 crore people have been directly affected by the cyclone. Bengal’s population stands at slightly above 9 billion rupees in 2011 and is estimated at around 10 million rupees in today.
“It is very unfortunate if the governor is tilted too low, especially at the time of a crisis. I am very surprised with his reaction, because he himself accompanied PM Modi and the chief minister for the aerial survey of the affected areas. If you still believe that the losses were not mammoth, we simply have nothing more to say,” said TMC spokesperson Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, a Lok Sabha member.
In social networks, many netizens took digs at the governor for “making policy in a time of crisis”.
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