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."
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"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.
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Paid floral tributes to Dr B R Ambedkar on his birth anniversary. Urge @MamataOfficial to end Lockdown with constitutional head in the interest of State. pic.twitter.com/cFy0Rk2W1D
— Governor West Bengal Jagdeep Dhankhar (@jdhankhar1) April 14, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">Paid floral tributes to Dr B R Ambedkar on his birth anniversary. Urge @MamataOfficial to end Lockdown with constitutional head in the interest of State. pic.twitter.com/cFy0Rk2W1D
— Governor West Bengal Jagdeep Dhankhar (@jdhankhar1) April 14, 2020Paid floral tributes to Dr B R Ambedkar on his birth anniversary. Urge @MamataOfficial to end Lockdown with constitutional head in the interest of State. pic.twitter.com/cFy0Rk2W1D
— Governor West Bengal Jagdeep Dhankhar (@jdhankhar1) April 14, 2020
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)
