‘Light at the end of the tunnel’: Bengal Governor after Sandeshkhali accused Shahjahan Sheikh’s arrest
Shahjahan Sheikh was arrested in connection with alleged sexual assault and land grab in Sandeshkhali.
Shahjahan Sheikh was arrested in connection with alleged sexual assault and land grab in Sandeshkhali.
The Governor is also slated to visit the Barasat district hospital where the injured were brought in following the blast.
On Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, C.V. Ananda Bose said, "I respect her and I will work objectivity with an open mind."
The cabinet has also passed a proposal to appoint the Chief Minister as the Principal of the University of Health, Agriculture, Animal and Fisheries Sciences instead of the Governor.
Already an appeal from Saumitra Khan, one the BJP Lok Sabha members from West Bengal, has gone to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, demanding a central agency probe in the matter.
'It undermines the sanctity of the Raj Bhavan. I will do everything to protect its sanctity,' he said.
Taking to Twitter, the governor said opposition MPs and MLAs were being targeted by the police, which 'acts as workers of the ruling party'.
Among issues of law and order which he discussed with Amit Shah, he highlighted the matter of targeting of political opponents, alluding to the recent hanging of a BJP MLA from Hemtabad.
Says there was no response from the Chief Secy on the issue
It may be noted that the war memorial ‘Vijay Smarak’ inside Fort William has been opened to the public for paying homage to the fallen soldiers.