West Bengal’s Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday, telling him that he should stay within the mandate of the Constitution, expressing anguish over his letter to the state police chief on the law and order situation. .
In a nine-page letter, Banerjee said that the governor’s insults sadly consist of unsubstantiated sentences and innuendo against the police and state government.
“I was extremely upset, distressed and disappointed reading your subtitled letter and the note addressed to the Director General of Police that was placed before me, as well as seeing your post on Twitter about it,” she said.
“In accordance with article 163, you are mandated to act in accordance with the help and advice of your Chief Minister and her Council of Ministers, which is the essence of our democracy, so I am writing to express my deep sorrow and anguish over the excessive and flagrant attempt to usurpate constitutional mandates and unjustified excesses on their part, ”he wrote.
Dhankar had written to DGP Virendra earlier this month, expressing concern about the situation of law and order in the state.
After a two-line response from the DGP, Dhankhar asked the chief of state police to meet with him before September 26 to give him details about the “alarming decline in public order” and the necessary steps to improve it.
In her letter, Banerjee said that the governor is an executive candidate for the president, while “I am the elected representative of the people of West Bengal.”
“… I ask, assist and advise you, as the Chief Minister of this state, to act within the mandates of the Constitution and refrain from acting in a political mandate, if any, to destabilize an elected government. democratically, ”he said.
“… refrain from exceeding the Chief Minister and her Council of Ministers and communicate and dictate to State officials, in excess of their powers according to the Constitution and order them to attend before you,” he added.
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