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Knives out in Bengal between TMC, Governor over video of decomposing bodies

The TMC accused Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar of peddling "fake news", drawing sharp retort

WB Governor Jagdeep Dhankar emerged as challenger to the non-BJP government

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Press Trust of India Kolkata

3 min read Last Updated : Jun 14 2020 | 8:39 AM IST

West Bengal's governor and the ruling Trinamool Congress party (TMC) were embroiled in fresh acrimony over a video showing decomposed bodies being loaded into a van by the city civic body in daylight for cremation.

The TMC accused Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar of peddling "fake news", drawing sharp retort. Dhankhar charged that the party was "deflecting from the main issue".

The West Bengal government on Saturday dismissed the contents of the video as a "one-off incident" and said it has no link with the COVID-19 pandemic.

The bodies shown in the video, which had gone viral on Thursday, were allegedly of COVID-19 victims and

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