Mamata requests Modi to rescind order recalling WB chief secy

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, informing that the state government will not release its chief secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay.

Kolkata:West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, informing that the "West Bengal Govt can't release and is not releasing its Chief Secretary at this critical hours."

'Shocked and stunned by unilateral order' recalling Chief Secretary, West Bengal, Mamata said in her letter and requested the Prime Minister to withdraw, recall, reconsider the decision and rescind the latest so-called order.

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"I really do not understand what happened between your allowing extension to Chief Secretary on May 24 and your unilateral order 4 days later," Mamata said in the letter.

"I sincerely hope latest order is not related to my meeting with you at Kalaikunda. I wanted a quite word with you, a meeting between PM and CM as usual. You however included a local MLA from your party (who) had no locus to be present at a PM-CM meeting," she said.

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"The unilateral order is a volte-face against state interests. Chief secretary suffered personal bereavement recently and yet continues to do his duty," Mamata Banerjee said.

Bandopadhyay was supposed to retire normally on May 31, but he was given an extension of three months following the state government's request.

agency inputs