Face-off between West Bengal govt and governor over state basis day celebration

By Express News Service

KOLKATA: A contemporary face-off between Raj Bhavan and the West Bengal state authorities erupted on Tuesday as West Bengal governor C.V. Ananda Bose, regardless of chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s objections, organised the state’s basis day on Tuesday, titled Paschimbanga Diwas.

At the occasion held at Raj Bhavan in presence of BJP functionaries, Bose talked about about ‘zero tolerance’ for violence and emphasised on the rights of the widespread individuals to vote freely. “I am dedicated to the well-being and welfare of the people, Bengal has immense potential and is loaded with talents,” the governor mentioned.

State ministers and leaders of the ruling Trinamool Congress skipped the occasion.

Expressing her “shock” at Bose’s “unilateral” choice to commemorate the state’s basis day, which she termed as a tragic episode, Bengal chief minister on Monday evening wrote to Bose stating that “it was not founded (state’s foundation day) on any particular day, least of all on any of 20th of June.”

“Since independence, we never rejoiced over or commemorated or celebrated any day as the Foundation Day of West Bengal. Rather, we have seen the Partition as a result of the unleashing of communal forces that could not be resisted at that point of time,” Mamata wrote in her letter to Bose.  

The Partition concerned uprooting of thousands and thousands of individuals throughout India-Bangladesh border and deaths and displacement of innumerable households, she talked about within the letter.

Referring to her dialog over telephone with Bose, Mamata mentioned in her two-page letter, “Kindly refer to our discussions today when you had admitted that the unilateral and non-consultative decision to declare a particular day as Bengal’s Foundation Dar was not warranted. You were kind enough to assure that you would not proceed with the programme.”

The occasion at Raj Bhavan was adopted by cultural displays and a “peace run” by NCC cadets within the presence of the governor. The BJP leaders additionally took out a procession on Red Road to have fun the occasion. The BJP demanded June 20 to be declared as a state vacation.

“May I know why the BJP leaders are so joyous about Bengal’s foundation day? They did not utter a single word about the day before. Will you please why this attempt to extort the history has been initiated?” tweeted TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh.   

The state authorities and the governor have been at loggerheads over the problems of alleged violence forward of the upcoming panchayat polls. Bose visited a strife-hit space in South 24 Parganas and arrange a grievance cell at Rajbhavan to obtain complaints associated to violence within the state and the TMC accused him of overstepping his limits. In his reply, Bose mentioned he was doing responsibility because the governor of the state.

KOLKATA: A contemporary face-off between Raj Bhavan and the West Bengal state authorities erupted on Tuesday as West Bengal governor C.V. Ananda Bose, regardless of chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s objections, organised the state’s basis day on Tuesday, titled Paschimbanga Diwas.

At the occasion held at Raj Bhavan in presence of BJP functionaries, Bose talked about about ‘zero tolerance’ for violence and emphasised on the rights of the widespread individuals to vote freely. “I am dedicated to the well-being and welfare of the people, Bengal has immense potential and is loaded with talents,” the governor mentioned.

State ministers and leaders of the ruling Trinamool Congress skipped the occasion. googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-1687167573941-0’); );

Expressing her “shock” at Bose’s “unilateral” choice to commemorate the state’s basis day, which she termed as a tragic episode, Bengal chief minister on Monday evening wrote to Bose stating that “it was not founded (state’s foundation day) on any particular day, least of all on any of 20th of June.”

“Since independence, we never rejoiced over or commemorated or celebrated any day as the Foundation Day of West Bengal. Rather, we have seen the Partition as a result of the unleashing of communal forces that could not be resisted at that point of time,” Mamata wrote in her letter to Bose.  

The Partition concerned uprooting of thousands and thousands of individuals throughout India-Bangladesh border and deaths and displacement of innumerable households, she talked about within the letter.

Referring to her dialog over telephone with Bose, Mamata mentioned in her two-page letter, “Kindly refer to our discussions today when you had admitted that the unilateral and non-consultative decision to declare a particular day as Bengal’s Foundation Dar was not warranted. You were kind enough to assure that you would not proceed with the programme.”

The occasion at Raj Bhavan was adopted by cultural displays and a “peace run” by NCC cadets within the presence of the governor. The BJP leaders additionally took out a procession on Red Road to have fun the occasion. The BJP demanded June 20 to be declared as a state vacation.

“May I know why the BJP leaders are so joyous about Bengal’s foundation day? They did not utter a single word about the day before. Will you please why this attempt to extort the history has been initiated?” tweeted TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh.   

The state authorities and the governor have been at loggerheads over the problems of alleged violence forward of the upcoming panchayat polls. Bose visited a strife-hit space in South 24 Parganas and arrange a grievance cell at Rajbhavan to obtain complaints associated to violence within the state and the TMC accused him of overstepping his limits. In his reply, Bose mentioned he was doing responsibility because the governor of the state.