NEW DELHI: A full-scale political battle has broken out between the BJP-led Centre and the Trinamool Congress-led West Bengal government, sparked off by the “unannounced” landing of a central team of officials in Kolkata on Monday morning.
With West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee viewing the move as an attack on the federal scheme of governance, the TMC accused the Centre of “playing politics at a time when states and the Centre are expected to work together to combat coronavirus”.
Banerjee shot off a letter to PM Narendra Modi protesting “breaking of federal norms”.
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Addressing an online press conference on Tuesday, TMC parliamentary leaders Sudip Bandopadhyay and Derek OBrien questioned the Centres “intent”. “Why are opposition-governed states like West Bengal being put on targeted watch when states under BJP like Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, or even states like Tamil Nadu and Telangana, governed by friendly parties, with higher positive cases are not being monitored by the Centre,” they asked.
“Unfortunately, when Bengal and all other states are fighting coronavirus, the Centre is fighting the states,” OBrien said, adding, “The Centre refused to call off the budget session of Parliament and delayed a lockdown when the virus was spreading, paying no heed to TMCs warning on social distancing to be observed, apparently to install a BJP government in Madhya Pradesh.”
He further said, “It is a health emergency. Lets fight it togetRead More – Source
NEW DELHI: A full-scale political battle has broken out between the BJP-led Centre and the Trinamool Congress-led West Bengal government, sparked off by the “unannounced” landing of a central team of officials in Kolkata on Monday morning.
With West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee viewing the move as an attack on the federal scheme of governance, the TMC accused the Centre of “playing politics at a time when states and the Centre are expected to work together to combat coronavirus”.
Banerjee shot off a letter to PM Narendra Modi protesting “breaking of federal norms”.
READ ALSO | Bengal obstructing Centres Covid-19 teams, says MHA
Addressing an online press conference on Tuesday, TMC parliamentary leaders Sudip Bandopadhyay and Derek OBrien questioned the Centres “intent”. “Why are opposition-governed states like West Bengal being put on targeted watch when states under BJP like Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, or even states like Tamil Nadu and Telangana, governed by friendly parties, with higher positive cases are not being monitored by the Centre,” they asked.
“Unfortunately, when Bengal and all other states are fighting coronavirus, the Centre is fighting the states,” OBrien said, adding, “The Centre refused to call off the budget session of Parliament and delayed a lockdown when the virus was spreading, paying no heed to TMCs warning on social distancing to be observed, apparently to install a BJP government in Madhya Pradesh.”
He further said, “It is a health emergency. Lets fight it togetRead More – Source
