Birbhum killings Guv slams CM for diversionary tactics says attempts being made to shield guilty
Kolkata Mar 23 PTI West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday fired fresh salvos at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the Birbhum killings as he shot off yet another letter to her claiming that the state governments actions in the matter smack of political overtones and an attempt to shield the guiltyEight people were charred to death as their houses were set on fire in Bogtui village near Rampurhat town of Birbhum district early on Tuesday The incident is suspected to be the fallout of ruling TMC panchayat officials murderDhankhar had on Tuesday described the death of eight people at Rampurhat as horrific and claimed that the state was in the grip of a culture of violence and lawlessness drawing a sharp reaction from Banerjee who said that his comments were uncalled forDhankhar in his three-page reply to Banerjee on Wednesday said the CM has adopted an accusatory stance at his restrained reaction to the incidentAs usual you have taken an accusatory stance at my restrained reaction to grisly carnage worst in the memory at RampurhatThe shocking carnage is being justifiably compared by many to the incidents in the state a few years ago while you were in the oppositionAdopting diversionary tactics you have labelled my reaction as a sweeping and uncalled for statement In the face of such enormity I cannot fiddle in Raj Bhavan and be a mute spectator he wroteCalling for introspection the governor also said nothing can be more farcical than the claim that the state had always been peaceful barring a few incidentsIntrospection would reveal that actions at your Banerjees end and not mind are dictated by political overtonesSpecial Investigation Team SIT is being taken as a cover-up operation to provide an escape route to rogue elements Politically caged investigation in the state inspires no confidence he added PTI PNT RMS RMS
Kolkata Mar 23 PTI West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday fired fresh salvos at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the Birbhum killings as he shot off yet another letter to her claiming that the state governments actions in the matter smack of political overtones and an attempt to shield the guiltyEight people were charred to death as their houses were set on fire in Bogtui village near Rampurhat town of Birbhum district early on Tuesday The incident is suspected to be the fallout of ruling TMC panchayat officials murderDhankhar had on Tuesday described the death of eight people at Rampurhat as horrific and claimed that the state was in the grip of a culture of violence and lawlessness drawing a sharp reaction from Banerjee who said that his comments were uncalled forDhankhar in his three-page reply to Banerjee on Wednesday said the CM has adopted an accusatory stance at his restrained reaction to the incidentAs usual you have taken an accusatory stance at my restrained reaction to grisly carnage worst in the memory at RampurhatThe shocking carnage is being justifiably compared by many to the incidents in the state a few years ago while you were in the oppositionAdopting diversionary tactics you have labelled my reaction as a sweeping and uncalled for statement In the face of such enormity I cannot fiddle in Raj Bhavan and be a mute spectator he wroteCalling for introspection the governor also said nothing can be more farcical than the claim that the state had always been peaceful barring a few incidentsIntrospection would reveal that actions at your Banerjees end and not mind are dictated by political overtonesSpecial Investigation Team SIT is being taken as a cover-up operation to provide an escape route to rogue elements Politically caged investigation in the state inspires no confidence he added PTI PNT RMS RMS
