West Bengal Jagdeep Dhankhar was shown black flags during visit to violence-hit areas.
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, who is on a visit to areas affected by post-poll violence in the state, was shown black flags by a group of people who also raised slogans in Sitalkuchi in Cooch Behar district on Thursday.
Mr Dhankhar had said earlier this week that he will visit places in Cooch Behar and interact with victims of post-poll violence.
As part of my constitutional duty, I ve decided to visit affected parts in State and asked the government to make arrangements. Unfortunately, their response hasn t been very responsive. I ll go ahead with my schedule and make arrangements for a self visit in the coming days, he had said.
Bengal Governor to visit areas hit by post-poll violence, TMC says shouldn t act like flag bearer
Bengal Governor to visit areas hit by post-poll violence, TMC says shouldn t act like flag bearer of BJP
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar has announced his plan to visit areas in the state affected by post-poll violence. TMC leader Kalyan Banerjee said on Tuesday that the governor should not act like a flag bearer of the BJP .
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File photo of West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar (Photo Credits: PTI)
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar has decided to visit families of those affected by post-poll violence in the state. The governor took to Twitter to make the announcement on Tuesday.
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It will include 24 cabinet ministers and 19 ministers of state.
New Delhi: A week after the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) won a comfortable majority in West Bengal, the party s ministers will take oath at the Raj Bhawan in Kolkata today (May 10, 2021).
A total of 43 ministers will be sworn in including 24 cabinet ministers and 19 ministers of state.
Veteran leaders such as Subrata Mukherjee, Partha Chatterjee, Firhad Hakim, Jyoti Priya Mallick, Moloy Ghatak, Aroop Biswas, Dr Shashi Panja and Javed Ahmed Khan will be made cabinet ministers.
New faces in the council of ministers will have former West Bengal Ranji skipper Manoj Tiwary, IPS officer Humayun Kabir and Siuli Saha. Kabir will be among 10 persons who will become ministers of state (independent charge), and Tiwari along with Saha will take oath as ministers of state.
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has sanctioned the prosecution of former ministers and TMC top brass Firhad Hakim, Subrata Mukherjee, Madan Mitra and Sovan Chatterjee in the Narada scam being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). After taking note of media reports that Governor of the State of West Bengal Jagdeep Dhankhar has accorded sanction for prosecution in respect of persons who happened to be members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, it is made categorically apparent that Governor of the State of West Bengal Jagdeep Dhankhar accorded sanction for prosecution in respect of Firhad Hakim, Subrata Mukherjee, Madan Mitra and Sovan Chatterjee, for the reason that all of them at the relevant time of commission of crime were holding the position of Ministers in the Government of West Bengal, the Raj Bhavan said in a release on Sunday.
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