Situation alarming in West Bengal, political violence must stop: Governor

West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday expressed his concern over the "alarming situation" in the state after a BJP leader was shot dead in North 24 Parganas district, and said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee should take note of critical aspects that "run down the democratic governance and lawlessness".

He said political violence and targeted killings should be stopped.

Earlier in the day, Dhankhar slammed the state administration after the home secretary and the DGP failed to turn up, disregarding his summons over the killing of the BJP leader Manish Sukla.However, Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay met Dhankhar.

The governor also said he had sent a message to the chief minister, expressing his desire to speak to her but there has been "no response".

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