In a letter to PM Modi, Banerjee said she has been “profoundly shocked and hurt” by the Centre’s decision to “abruptly exclude the proposed tableau of the Government of West Bengal from the ensuing Republic Day Parade”.
In a letter to PM Narendra Modi, CM Mamata Banerjee said the state government "cannot release and is not releasing" Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay.
Alapan Bandyopadhyay, a 1987-batch IAS officer of the West Bengal cadre, was scheduled to retire on May 31 after completion of 60 years of age. However, he was granted a three-month extension following a nod from the Centre to work on Covid management.