Top 5 News Trends in India | December 17
Top 5 News Trends in India | December 17
From Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal tearing copies of the Centre s three new farm laws in the Delhi Legislative Assembly to French President Emmanuel Macron testing positive for Covid-19, here are the top 3 news trends in India:
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Top 5 News Trends in India | December 17
The Supreme Court said the farmers protest must continue but added that Delhi cannot be blocked. In other top news items, the Centre-Bengal tussle escalated; Virat Kohli s run-out hurt India in Adelaide; UK recorded its first official air pollution death; and French President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for Covid-19.
The Centre Thursday shot off a fresh letter to the West Bengal government to immediately relieve its three IPS officers for central deputation, provoking a combative Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to brand the move as unconstitutional and unacceptable . A defiant Banerjee also declared she will not allow the brazen attempt to control the state machinery by proxy , in escalation of tension between the state and the Centre. Five days after the West Bengal government said it will not relieve the three IPS officers, the Centre sent a fresh missive on Thursday, asking the state to immediately release them so they could take up their new assignments.
Centre asks Bengal to relieve three IPS officers immediately; Mamata calls order blatant misuse of power The three IPS officers were directed to join the central deputation for alleged dereliction of duties after JP Nadda s convoy was attacked on 10 December during his state visit File photo of Mamata Banerjee. PTI
Slamming the central government for ordering the West Bengal government to relieve three IPS officers, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said, Centre s order on deputation of three IPS officers is a blatant misuse of power, Bengal won t cow-down before expansionist , undemocratic forces .
The Centre had asked the West Bengal government on Thursday to immediately relieve 3 IPS officers for joining central deputation, saying all of them were already given new assignments, according to officials.
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The latest missive from MHA comes days after the Bengal government expressed its “inability” to relieve the three after the Centre “requisitioned” them for central deputation, just days after the attack on BJP convoy.
The Ministry of Home Affairs in its communication to the West Bengal chief secretary has said, as per the IPS cadre rules, the Centre prevails over the state government in case of any dispute.
Criticizing Centre s orders, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee termed the transfer order of the IPS officers as a blatant misuse of emergency provision of IPS Cadre Rule 1954.
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