West Bengal: Jagdeep Dhankhar urges Mamata to follow Constitution

On the occasion of the 129th birth anniversary of Ambedkar, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar appealed CM Mamata Banerjee to follow the Constitution as the lockdown with Governor is unconstitutional and anti-democratic.

Kolkata (West Bengal): West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday paid homage to the chief architect of the Constitution, Dr B R Ambedkar on his 129th birth anniversary and urged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee "to reflect and follow the Constitution".

Taking a jibe at the TMC government in the state, he said, "Lockdown with Governor is unconstitutional and anti-democratic."

"Homage on birth anniversary of Father of our Constitution - crusader for social justice - Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar. Urge @MamataOfficial to reflect and follow constitution. Lockdown with Governor is unconstitutional and anti democratic," Dhankhar tweeted.

The governor said that the stand-off between the West Bengal government and the Raj Bhavan violates the Constitution.

"Democracy in peril, constitution violated," he added.

Dhankhar, in a tweet, had on Monday urged Banerjee to end the stand-off with the Raj Bhavan.

He has been at loggerheads with the state government over a host of issues ever since taking up office in July last year.

(PTI report)