 "Amit Mitra")
Amid the political slugfest between the Centre and the West Bengal government over the Covid-19 investigation team, state Finance Minister Amit Mitra has said West Bengal will not accept anything against federal principles, and "will not be throttled".
In an interview to Karan Thapar for The Wire, Mitra said the decision to send two inter-ministerial Central teams to West Bengal without consulting the state government was a breach of protocol because it was not in keeping with the spirit of cooperation needed in a federal polity.
Mitra said the state government could not understand why districts like Kalimpong or Jalpaiguri
