Kolkata: In a crucial milestone related to the ongoing ‘rift’ between the West Bengal administration and the Raj Bhavan, Governor C.V. Ananda Bose said on Thursday evening that he will socially boycott Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from now on.
Governor Bose also explained that by “social boycott,” he meant that he would no longer share any public platform with Chief Minister Banerjee.
“I will socially boycott the Chief minister. Socially means I will never share any stage with the Chief Minister. I will not attend any meeting where the Chief Minister is present,” the Governor said in a video message released by his office.
Governor Bose also expressed concern in the message that the state government had ignored his advice to take action against Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Kumar Goyal for failing to handle the probe into the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital before handing it over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in accordance with Calcutta High Court directions.
According to the Governor, Commissioner Goyal’s approach to the matter was highly suspicious and may be regarded as “criminal activity”, for which he should be prosecuted in accordance with the law.
The Governor also launched a scathing attack against the Chief Minister over the law and order situation in West Bengal and even went to the extent of describing Banerjee as “Lady Macbeth”, claiming that there is violence everywhere in the state.
Stating that as the Governor, he cannot remain silent in such a situation, he said, “The state Secretariat will not be able to suppress the distrust (of the people) for long. The truth will surface. ‘You can fool some people for some time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time’,” the Governor said, quoting 16th US President Abraham Lincoln.
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–IANS
