Jagdeep Dhankhar, Governor of West Bengal. File
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The Chief Minister said she skipped the meeting because “a BJP MLA has no locus to be present in a PM-CM meeting”.
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday stirred fresh controversy by saying “ego prevailed over public service” on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee skipping Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting to review post-cyclone damages on May 28.
Mr. Dhankhar said the Chief Minister had called him before the meeting at Kalaikunda in Paschim Medinipur district and indicated that she won’t attend it if Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari is present in it.
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"She is indulging in politics even as the people of state are reeling under crisis caused by the cyclone and the COVID-19 pandemic. We know how she entered the meeting room, where the PM was present, how she talked, and then left with the chief secretary," the BJP leader stated.