West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar to Meet Post-Poll Violence Hit People Sheltered in Assam

Kolkata: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar will be visiting Ranpagli and Srirampur camps in Assam on Friday and take stock of the well-being of the over 400 people who had crossed over from West Bengal to Assam and have taken shelter in the camps. The people fled from West Bengal to escape post-poll violence that had erupted in the state.

Sources said that the Governor will reach Ranpagli at 9:45 AM on Friday by a BSF Helicopter.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had earlier said that around 300 to 400 BJP workers along with their families crossed over to Dhubri in Assam after confronting "brazen persecution and violence."

Dhankhar is scheduled to visit the violence-affected areas in West Bengal on Thursday. He will visit places like Mathabhanga, Sitalkuchi, Sikai, Sitai, and Dinhata in West Bengal's Cooch Behar and connect with sufferers.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reacted to Dhankar's scheduled visit to Cooch Behar, saying it violates norms and also accused him of exceeding his power. "Kindly refer to my No.91-CM/2020 dated September 26, 2020, wherein, inter alia, I had requested and specifically advised you 'to refrain from surpassing the Chief Minister and her Council of Ministers and communicating with and dictating the state officials', in excess of your power under the Constitution and directing them to attend before you," she wrote a letter to Dhankar.

Reacting strongly to the CM's letter, Dhankar hit back, saying he is discharging duties mandated by the Constitution and advised her to commit herself to the Constitution as she has taken an oath to uphold it.

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