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Mamata govt vs Modi govt over 3 IPS officers: Another low in Centre-state relations, but what do rul
Mamata govt vs Modi govt over 3 IPS officers: Another low in Centre-state relations, but what do rules say?
The Centre and the West Bengal government are now locked in an unsavoury administrative battle over the three IPS officers that is fueling politics. If one looks at two of the guiding rulebooks, the odds seem to be in favour of the Centre.
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UPDATED: December 18, 2020 14:10 IST
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photos: India Today and Reuters)
A war has broken out between the Centre and the West Bengal government, and at the heart of it are three IPS officers. In a move that marks another low in Centre-state relations, the Modi government on Thursday asked West Bengal s Mamata Banerjee government to immediately relieve three IPS officers for central deputation.
Explained: Before Mamata, recalling when Jayalalithaa refused to send IPS officers to the Centre
While declining the Centre’s demand Jayalalithaa had said, like Mamata said on Saturday, that there was already a dearth of good officers in the state, which needed those officers. Updated: December 21, 2020 3:04:12 pm
Jayalalithaa and Mamata Banerjee in New Delhi in 2012. (Express Archive)
In the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government’s refusal to send three IPS officers on central deputation, there is an echo of a similar refusal by then Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in 2001.
In the current instance, the Centre has asked for the three IPS officers to be sent on deputation with the Government of India following an attack on BJP president J P Nadda’s motorcade outside Kolkata; these officers were in charge of security. In its refusal, the West Bengal government has cited