Again, Dhankhar was at loggerheads with the state government over his seating arrangement at the Durga Puja carnival.
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Amidst the rising differences with the state government, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar today said he and his wife has been invited by chief minister Mamata Banerjee to visit her residence on the occasion of Kali Puja and he was “eagerly waiting” for it. Mr Dhankhar said that he had requested Miss Banerjee on 21 October, saying that he and his wife wanted to call her on the occasion of ‘Bhai Phota’ on 29 October.
The Kali Puja at CM’s residence was started in 1978 and at present the puja is now over 50 years. Dhankhar has conveyed to Miss Banerjee on 25 October that he and his wife will be privileged to be at her residence on the occasion of Kali Puja on 27 October evening. The CM,earlier said that for the last 30 years on the occasion of ‘Bhatridwitiya’ she has been affirmatively preoccupied with communal harmony.
“The essence of the Indian Constitution lies in communal harmony and the issue is also very close to the Governor’s heart. All of us need to work towards communal harmony and the Governor would interact on this issue with the chief minister. The Governor and his wife look forward to visit chief minister’s residence tomorrow evening,” read a press statement issued by Raj Bhawan today. The rift between the state government and the Governor began on 19 September when Mr Dhankhar reached Jadavpur University to ‘rescue’ union minister Babul Supriyo when he was allegedly manhandled by agitating students.
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Again, Dhankhar was at loggerheads with the state government over his seating arrangement at the Durga Puja carnival. The relationship hit a new low few days back after senior officials failed to attend an administrative meeting at Dhamakali in Basirhat. Mr Dhankhar had hit back saying that officials’ reluctance to join the meeting was “unconstitutional” and an “attempt at censorship”.
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