Bengal Governor, Mamata Banerjee's Nephew Spat Over Remarks On Judiciary
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Jagdeep Dhankar earlier in the day asked the state's chief secretary to update him by June 6 on the action taken regarding the Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee's comments on the judiciary.
TMC National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday lashed out at Governor Jagdeep Dhankar for remaining silent when BJP leaders make controversial remarks and insult West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and defended his own controversial remarks on the judiciary which has seen the Governor warning that the MP has “crossed the red line.”
Jagdeep Dhankar earlier in the day asked the state's chief secretary to update him by June 6 on the action taken regarding the Diamond Harbour MP's comments on the judiciary in reference to its orders to the CBI to investigate various Bengal-related cases.
Mr Banerjee defended his criticism of a section of the judiciary on Saturday in Haldia by stating at a rally in Shyamnagar, near Kolkata, that he “did not name any judge or mentioned any judgment in particular." He asserted that a citizen of this country "is free to criticize a judgment".
"Day before yesterday, during a rally, I made some remarks. The governor claimed that I have crossed the line. People of the state are very well aware of who is crossing the line. I had said that in judiciary, 99 per cent of people are good, only 1 per cent works as per instructions of those who control the levers of power… This one per cent people exist everywhere, even in political parties," Mr Banerjee said.
