Dhankhar urged everyone to ensure that there is no violence in the upcoming elections.
"I urge everyone to ensure that there is no bloodshed in this election. Is the governor doing anything wrong by making such a request?
"It is my duty, the duty of all of us to ensure that there is no violence during the elections, which should be free and fair," he said, in an apparent reference to the TMC's criticism of Dhankhar "transgressing" his constitutional limits.
He also urged public servants to maintain political neutrality and not carry the baggage of "political police".
Dhankhar said state government employees and police personnel "shouldn't do things that are the job of political workers", impartially do jobs only assigned by the state and not political masters, and not carry the baggage of "political police".