CM Mamata, Governor Dhankar trade barbs in Bengal amid coronavirus crisis

Banerjees allegation drew a sharp reaction from Dhankhar, who said, a state cannot be governed as a personal fiefdom and a constitutional functionary cannot be allowed to turn into a law unto oneself

The face-off between the West Bengal government and Raj Bhavan escalated on Thursday, with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accusing Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar of repeatedly interfering in the functioning of the state administration, and the latter asserting a state cannot be governed as a personal fiefdom.

At daggers drawn for the last several months, the two went for each others jugular with Banerjee shooting off a letter to Dhankhar in the backdrop of his recent criticism of the government over the way the state was tackling the COVID- 19 pandemic.

Banerjees allegation drew a sharp reaction from Dhankhar, who said, a state cannot