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Two days after the Union Home Office (MHA) wrote to the West Bengal government raising an objection to the violation of the COVID-19 coronavirus blocking guidelines by people in the state, the Governor of Bengal Occidental Jagdeep Dhankar on Monday (April 13) urged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to end the ‘lockdown’ with Raj Bhawan.
Governor Dhankar added that the country is currently in combat mode against the coronavirus pandemic and it is time for everyone to unite and defeat the deadly virus.
Referring to MHA’s warnings, Governor Dhankar said the state government must take the warnings seriously and take corrective action. “We urge CM Mamata Banerjee to end the blockade with Raj Bhawan. We are in combat mode against the coronavirus pandemic and we must act together in the interest of the State. MHA’s warnings must lead to a correctional approach. Officials must yield accounts for the lapses, “he tweeted.
Impulse @MamataOfficial to end the block with Raj Bhawan.
We are in combat mode #CoronaPandemic and it must act together in the interest of the State.
MHA warnings should lead to a correctional approach.
Officials must be held accountable for lapses #Social distancing and religious congregations.
– Governor West Bengal Jagdeep Dhankhar (@ jdhankhar1) April 13, 2020
On April 11 (Saturday), the MHA wrote a letter to the Central Secretariat clearly mentioning that areas like Rajabazar, Narkel Danga, Topsia, Metiabruz in KOlkata are witnessing a large-scale violation of confinement and social distancing.
The letter also stated that the police in the state have allowed religious congregations to be held; while the free ration is distributed not through the institutional delivery system but by political leaders, resulting in a spread of coronavirus infection.
In asking the state government led by Trinamool’s congressional supreme Mamata Banerjee to take strict action on the matter, the MHA letter also requested a report from the state government on the measures taken. “It is also asked to take measures to prevent such violations from being guaranteed again in the future,” the letter said.
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