New Delhi: After the NDA alliance nominated West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar as their Vice Presidential candidate, many are questioning if this was Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s method of fulfilling West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee‘s demand. It’s a identified undeniable fact that Banerjee and her state governor Dhankhar shared a turbulent relationship and sometimes received into public tiffs over their variations.
Nonetheless, now that Dhankhar is participating within the VP race, he would resign as governor, bringing reduction to Banerjee. Together with reduction, it might additionally incite a slight worry or fear about who the subsequent governor may very well be.
Mamata and Dhankhar have clashed on many points and the latter has typically criticised the West Bengal state authorities which has left Mamata livid. As soon as, she even blocked him on Twitter accusing him for ‘concentrating on’ and ‘abusing’ her authorities. She stated, “I’ve been pressured to dam Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Twitter” as quoted by ANI. “On a regular basis he (Governor) was issuing tweets concentrating on and threatening govt officers as if we’re his bonded labourers,” the Chief Minister additional added.
TMC MPs have additionally, prior to now, stated that Dhankhar has been rewarded by BJP for opposing Mamata.
Dhankar is the primary governor to have expressed his displeasure with the state authorities by way of common Twitter posts. What actually irked the Trinamool Congress management was that Dhankhar had began firing comparable salvos at official capabilities held within the West Bengal Meeting premises.
The Meeting Speaker, Biman Banerjee, as soon as even stated that if this continued, he must ponder proscribing the governor`s presence on the premises of the Home, one thing that has by no means been heard of in a parliamentary democracy.
In the meantime, practically 4,800 elected MPs and MLAs voted on Monday (July 18, 2022) to elect India’s fifteenth President. The polling, which started at 10 am on the Parliament Home and state legislative assemblies, continued until 5 pm. Out of a complete of 4,796 electors within the record of the electoral faculty for the Presidential Ballot, over 99% forged their votes.
(With company inputs)
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