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West Bengal: At meeting with Union home secy, govt reiterates stand
This came a week after a row between the Centre and the state government following an attack on BJP president JP Nadda’s convoy near Kolkata December 19, 2020 3:36:46 am
(From left) Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla, Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay and state DGP Virendra were part of the virtual meeting on Friday.
Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla on Friday held a meeting with state Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay and Director General of Police Virendra via video conferencing.
This came a week after a row between the Centre and the state government following an attack on BJP president JP Nadda’s convoy near Kolkata. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) summoned on central deputation three IPS officers Inspector General (South Bengal Range) Rajeev Mishra, Deputy Inspector General (Presidency Range) Praveen Tripathi and Superintendent of Police (Di
MHA sends 3rd summon to 3 Bengal IPS officers; What are the rules of IPS officers deputation
India
Published: Friday, December 18, 2020, 14:03 [IST]
New Delhi, Dec 18: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has once again summoned the 3 IPS officers from Bengal to report to the Centre by 5 pm on Friday.
Mamata Banerjee
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee last week refused to send the state s chief secretary and police chief to New Delhi after Union Home Ministry s summons after the attack on Bharatiya Janata Party chief J P Nadda s convoy in West Bengal s Diamond Harbour on December 10.
Home Ministry has on Thursday sent the 2nd notice to Bengal Govt to relieve three IPS officers after which Banerjee called Centre s order of deputation for serving IPS officers of the state despite the state s objection an exercise of power and blatant misuse of emergency provision of IPS Cadre Rule 1954.
Mamata Banerjee vs Narendra Modi government over officers, not the first time
Mamata Banerjee vs Narendra Modi government over officers, not the first time
In 2019, Mamata Banerjee sat on dharna after the CBI moved to question then Kolkata police commissioner in the Saradha ponzi scam case. During Lok Sabha election, she accused the EC of acting at the behest of the BJP after transfer of IPS officers. Now, it is again Mamata versus Modi government over IPS officers in Bengal.
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UPDATED: December 18, 2020 16:30 IST
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the Narendra Modi government are at loggerheads over IPS officers.
Assault on federalism : Kejriwal lends support to Mamata, criticises blatant Central interference in Bengal govt
ANI
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is presently dealing with a multi-pronged crisis. Even as TMC heavyweight leader Suvendu Adhikari resigning from the party on Thursday and an internal conflict brewed, Banerjee also found herself waging a battle with the Modi government. The latter was prompted by the fact that the Centre had written to the Chief Minister telling the Bengal government to immediately relieve three IPS officers for central deputation.
The instructions did not sit well with the Chief Minister, who promptly dubbed the move move unconstitutional and unacceptable and a brazen attempt to control the state machinery by proxy , escalating tensions between the state and the Centre.