West Bengal Governor-Mamata government tussle reaches Parliament

tussle between West Bengal Goverr Jagdeep Dhankhar and state government reached Parliament on Monday when TMC Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy raised issue of goverr "exceeding his brief" and trying to run a parallel ministration in state. development comes a day after TMC Parliamentary Party led by MP Sudip Bandophyay complained to Union Home Minister Amit Shah about role played by Dhankhar. Roy told a Bengali news channel that he h spoken in Rajya Sabha of "how goverr is doing politics and is exceeding his brief on a regular basis".

" goverr is exceeding his brief on a regular basis. He is trying to run a parallel ministration in Bengal. What goverr is doing does t behove him as he is occupying a constitutional post. If he wants to do politics, he is free to do so. But n he should leave Raj Bhawan and openly do politics. I have raised matter in Parliament," Roy told  news channel.

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'Goverr is running a parallel ministration'

Bandophyay, who met Shah during all-party meeting in New Delhi on Sunday, said, " goverr is running a parallel ministration in state. This is against parliamentary democracy. We have told union home minister to summon goverr and give him proper guidance." Dhankhar said allegations against him are "completely baseless" and wondered which department of government he has been running. On Roy's statement in floor of Parliament, Dhankhar said a parliamentarian is free to speak on its floor.

"I myself have been a parliamentary affairs minister. So I think a parliamentarian has every right to speak on floor of house. He is free to express his views. I have thing to comment on it," Dhankhar told reporters while dressing a programme at Siliguri.

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'Charity always begins at home'

Countering Bandophyay's statement, Dhankhar said neir government officials r chief secretary report to him. "Despite asking chief secretary to meet me, he didn't have time in last three months to do so. So it is ridiculous to accuse me of trying to run a parallel government," West Bengal goverr said. West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh mocked TMC for raising issue of government-goverr tussle in Parliament and wondered wher TMC MPs have mentioned "jectives" that y h used against Dhankhar to demean him.

"I want to ask TMC MPs wher y h mentioned kind of words y h used against goverr to insult and demean him. Charity always begins at home - first y (TMC) should look to rectifying ir misdeeds and n blame ors," Ghosh, an MP, said. verbal spat between Trinamool Congress government and goverr started soon after he assumed office in July end. two sides have been locked in a war of words in a number of issues ranging from Dhankhar's seating at Durga Puja carnival to comments on his security since he rushed to Javpur University on September 19 to "rescue" Union minister Babul Supriyo, who h been gheraoed by a section of students.

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latest issue was state government's refusal to provide helicopter sought by Dhankhar to travel to Murshidab for a programme and return to city on Friday. Dhankar attempted to convene ministrative meetings in several places but it evoked only lukewarm response from invitees, who were state government officials. He repeatedly countered by saying that what he was doing was well within his constitutional limits and he was well aware of it.

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