Kolkata: Bengal is an emerging “Police State” describes the State Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar and blamed Chief Minister Mamatha Benerjee for running syndicates. Governor attacks on her and her Ministerial colleagues had no parallel in the country’s constitutional history, wrote Mamatha.

Governor once again repeated the concerns raised by the opposition parties over the collapsing health sector and diversion of free rations and other issues relating to disposal of bodies. Who in the state is usurper and extra constitutional fountain of power? Who runs Government and syndicate? It is an open secret, said Governor in his letter. West Bengal was emerging as a police state with anyone posting uncharitable comments on social media getting a police knock, said Governor.

Political victimization is on incremental trajectory. TMCs seniors Sudip Bandyopadhyay, Derek O’ Brien and Dinesh Trivedi dismissed the Governor’s allegations, which mentioning in his letter. The centre has sent only a health team to Kolkata where as it had sent multiple teams to Delhi and Maharashtra, they reminded the State’s Government critics. Why is one team being sent to Bengal? It is because the situation in other parts of the state is under control. Bengal, along with Kerala is a model in terms of setting up quarantine centres and Covid- 19 hospitals.

We are now busy in fighting Covid- 19 and are not keeping track of what the Governor, tweeted a former BJP MP, said TMC Rajya Sabha member O’ Brien.