West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that she has blocked Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Twitter, saying that she was disturbed by his tweets.
“Disturbed by Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar’s tweets, have blocked him on the microblogging platform” – CM Mamata Banerjee tweeted.
She said, “Everyday he was issuing tweets targeting and threatening government officials as if we are his bonded labourers.”
The move appeared to have been prompted by Dhankhar’s latest attack on the Mamata Banerjee government on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s death anniversary, in which he said that the state had become “a gas chamber for democracy”.
“I cannot see the hallowed land of Bengal getting blood drenched (in violence) and becoming a laboratory for trampling of human rights. People are saying that the state is turning into a gas chamber of democracy,” the Governor posted on his Twitter account.
This latest development is a clear sign that ties between the two leaders have neared a point of no return following years of acrimony.
Banerjee also said that the governor has threatened the Chief Secretary and the police chief on several occasions.
She said she has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi several times, seeking the removal of Mr Dhankhar but no action has been taken so far.
