[ad_1]
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar again attacked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday (May 2) and asked her to regret her comments that “political parties are vultures waiting for corpses” and “the journalists must behave. ” He also appealed to all senior police and administrative officers to be fair in their duties and to avoid any political affiliation.
“My message to senior police and administrative officers: Be fair, avoid any political affiliation or stance and deliver with your best foot forward. I am confident that all concerned with state government will ensure that those in need obtain the full benefit of the free ration of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana. There should be no corruption, diversion, political interference or controlling this. The benefit should reach the poor and not the black vendor chests. I ask CM to regret his comment on “political parties are vultures waiting for corpses” and “journalists must behave”, the statement said.
A day earlier, Governor Dhankar had accused Mamata of hiding details about coronavirus cases in the state and asked her to come up with actual figures. “West Bengal is the only state where the Interministerial Central Team (IMCT) had trouble carrying out its work. When the whole country is fighting COVID-19 and the IMCT came to assess the situation, we should have received him on the red carpet in instead of objecting. With the IMCT coming to the state, the number of tests has increased. After his visit, there have been positive changes in the state, “the governor said.
He said that after the IMCT investigation “the death toll in the state suddenly increased from 22 to 105.”
On May 1, the Trinamool Congress had criticized the central government led by BJP for extending the blockade in two weeks from May 4.
without giving an account of the prevailing situation of coronavirus and without drawing a roadmap for the reactivation of the economy, staggering under the outbreak of COVID-19.
“We have nothing to say about the extension of the closure for two more weeks, as our party has already said that we would go because of the Center’s decision on the closure,” veteran TMC leader and MP Saugato Roy told PTI by phone.
“But the Union government should clarify several issues, including the exact reasons for extending the blockade,” he said. He wondered if the Center would be serious about reviving the economy and providing a financial package to states to combat adversity due to the pandemic.
The TMC and the BJP are caught in a war of words over the visit of the core teams to assess the situation of COVID-19 in West Bengal.
The Union government order, which announced the extension of the blockade invoking the Disaster Management Law, said that a limited number of activities will remain prohibited throughout the country, regardless of the area. These prohibited activities include air, rail, subway travel, and interstate highway movement.
[ad_2]
