Hingalganj: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday (November 29, 2022) stopped a program in North 24 Parganas and reprimanded the district magistrate for failing to distribute blankets and winter clothes procured for distribution among the local people put. Banerjee, in the presence of local people, requested District Magistrate Sharad Dwivedi to make arrangements to bring the clothes to the venue at the earliest. Thousands of people had gathered in Hingalganj for the programme, which aimed to distribute government scheme benefits and caste certificates. Banerjee informed Dwivedi, “I will not continue with the program until you get them. I will wait here.”
The CM, who was in the district for two days, also warned the DM and other officials that strict punishment would be given for such lapses. He said, “I am sorry, but if the DM and Block Development Officer do not fulfill their responsibility properly, then I will have to take action.” After about 15 minutes, bunches of shawls were brought to the venue. The CM then announced that 1,000 shawls would be distributed to local women. Earlier in the day, the Chief Minister reached here by helicopter on Tuesday afternoon and offered prayers to the local deity ‘Bonobibi’ and planted saplings at a temple here. West Bengal got Sundarbans as a new district before panchayat elections now total 24 districts.
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar will visit West Bengal
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar is scheduled to visit Tripura and West Bengal on Tuesday (November 29, 2022), his first visit to these states after assuming the second highest constitutional post in the country, officials said. He will first reach Tripura and later go to West Bengal. After reaching Tripura’s capital Agartala, Dhankhar will leave for Udaipur in Gomti district in an Indian Air Force helicopter to offer prayers at Maa Tripureshwari temple. Later he will attend a seminar at MBB College, Agartala. Chief Minister Manik Saha will also be present in this program.
Former Governor of West Bengal
After this, the Vice President will leave for Kolkata from the state. Dhankhar, a former West Bengal governor, will arrive at the Kolkata airport in the afternoon and head straight to the famous Kali temple at Kalighat to offer prayers. The official said he would later go to a place in Salt Lake near here for a personal visit. Before becoming the Vice President, Dhankhar was the Governor of West Bengal.
During his three-year tenure at the Raj Bhavan here, he had frequent run-ins with the Mamata Banerjee government over issues such as law and order, post-poll violence, appointment of vice-chancellors of state universities, signing of bills passed by the state government. did. His tweets criticizing the assembly and the state administration.
(with inputs from agencies)