Bengal governor in war of words with Trinamool MP over arrests in Narada case

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday tweeted that he was stunned to be blamed by TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee for the high-profile arrests in the Narada sting operation case. The governor further added that he would leave the matter to the discretion of the people of West Bengal.

“Just stunned but leave the matter to sound discretion of cultured people of West Bengal and media,” Dhankar tweeted. 

This tweet by the West Bengal governor comes after Banerjee claimed that it was at his behest of Dhankar that three TMC leaders and a former city mayor were arrested.   

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“The governor is hounding the Trinamool Congress from morning to evening. He played an instrumental role in the arrest of the four leaders,” Banerjee said according to PTI.

The parliamentarian further urged people to lodge complaints against the governor at police stations.

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“I know about the constitutional provision that says no criminal proceeding can be initiated against the governor, but I will request each and everyone to lodge police complaints in areas where the governor is found provoking crimes, violence and religious divide,” he added.

Dhankhar had on May 7 sanctioned the prosecution of ministers Firhad Hakim, Subrata Mukherjee, TMC MLA Madan Mitra and former Kolkata mayor Sovan Chatterjee on a request by the CBI, which is probing the sting operation that had purportedly caught on camera politicians accepting bribes.