WB Governor Dhankhar slams CM Mamata for 'studied silence' on post-poll violence

Kolkata, June 16: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar wrote to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and complained to her about the state government’s negligence in cases of post-poll violence and her "studied silence" on the matter.

 

 

“Constrained to convey @Mamataofficial that continued silence and inaction over post-poll violence, violation of human rights and dignity of women, destruction of property, the perpetuation of miseries on political opponents – worst since independence, ill augurs for democracy,” Dhankhar tweeted.

 

 

The governor also urged her to "break silence on post-poll retributive violence, restore law and order, provide succour to the suffering people". He called upon her to "have an interaction on these issues at the earliest."

 

 

In the letter, the governor wrote, “Such ‘punitive’ decimation of human rights and dignity shames democracy. In spite of your attention having been drawn to the enormity of situation, huge exodus of people in search of cover for life and destruction of property worth crores, there has only been stunning silence at your end and you did not deem it necessary to even deliberate this grave human tragedy in any of the cabinet meetings so far.”

 

Dhankhar told the CM that her “studied silence” coupled with the absence of any steps to rehabilitate and compensate people affected by the violence had led to the “inevitable conclusion that all this is state-driven”.

 

 

Dhankhar’s letter to Banerjee came a day after a delegation of BJP MLAs led by Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari met him to discuss the alleged deterioration of law and order in the state. The governor left for Delhi on Tuesday evening and will return on June 18.