Continuing his fight of letters with Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday wrote a 13-page letter, calling on the governor to “dream of anarchy in the state” and his view of “constitutionally Accused of being “inseparable”.
After the governor listed a series of phrases from the two letters written to him earlier, the chief minister said in his letter that “such words and such material, tenure and such communication of tone, from a governor to an elected CM” Are unprecedented. Explanation of Indian Constitutional and Political History ”.
“… You have used words about me, and more importantly, my ministers and officers, who, even with maximum restraint, are described only as unobtrusive, sharp, intimidating, abusive, and insulting Can go, ”CM Banerjee wrote.
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“I will challenge anyone, repeat anyone, such correspondence and such oral statements from any Governor to any part of India at any time after our Constitution comes into force,” he wrote. On 23 and 24 April, the Governor gave him two letters. He said that the letters made him more happy and sad than anger.
The Governor Dhankhar letters came in response to the Chief Minister’s letter on 23 April, which was in response to a communication made by Dhankar to the Chief Minister, as the Kovid-19 epidemic was at center stage in the nation.
In his May 2 letter, Banerjee stated that “the paramount (as, indeed, of Parliament) state legislature is subject only to the constitution, judicial review and basic structure doctrine and certainly not even remote to the office of Governor is. ”
He wrote, “The state cabinet, headed by the chief minister, exercises all executive functions in the state, with the CM being the executive head of the state. In all of this … the governor never intended and plays no role at all. ”
He quoted the decision of Sarkaria and the Supreme Court to prove his point and wrote, “In short, respected governor, the cruelty of the case, which is being missed by you, if you a) do not mine or Agree with my government, b) find that the state is not run like you, c) get wrong decisions, wrong appointments, wrong policies, wrong things;
You can (politely) bring your complaint to my attention (do not write to ministers, departments, officials or go to the press or the public) and, if it is still not resolved to your satisfaction, Unfortunately, you have no other power, so long as my government commands the trust of the legislature. ”
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Dhankhar responded in a series of tweets on social media that evening. “It takes no time. There are no senses for this overlooked scenario. I hold it close to my chest – it seems that the disclosure is becoming inevitable.
The reply will be sent because his letter contains material that I cannot subscribe to because it is the essence of the Constitution, ”he wrote in one of his tweets.
