West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee blocked Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Twitter. “I have been forced to block Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Twitter. Everyday he was issuing tweets targeting and threatening govt officials as if we’re his bonded labourers”, Mamata told reporters.
She also took a dig at Dhankhar saying, “He is threatening the chief secretary, and the director general of police”.
On respect to her remark, Dhankhar was quick to respond as he reminded Mamata of Article 159 of the Constitution. He took to Twitter and wrote, “Mandated under Article 159 of the Constitution to ensure none in the state “blocks” Constitutional Norms and Rules of Law and those in authority “bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India”.
Earlier, Dhankhar had extended an invitation towards Mamata on the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on January 30.
The development comes after Jagdeep Dhankhar called the political condition in Bengal ‘horrible and frightening’ and accused state assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee of transgressing constitutional norms. Recently, Dhankhar took a dig at Mamata demanding information on Pandemic Purchase Scam and other issues.
He also said that the Bengal government cannot screen any information once the governor of the state has sought it.
