Bengal Governor's Violence Survey Spawns Duel With Mamata Banerjee

Mamata Banerjee and governor Dhankhar have faced off on post-poll violence from the day she was sworn in as Chief Minister of Bengal for the third time.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and governor Jagdeep Dhankhar once again found themselves in disagreement on Wednesday - this time over his plans to visit Cooch Behar district to meet, as he put it in several tweets, people affected by post-poll violence. As per his tweets, Mr Dhankhar is to visit the Cooch Behar district tomorrow. On Friday, he plans to visit camps in Assam where alleged victims of violence in Bengal have fled for shelter. In a letter to the governor today, Mamata Banerjee requested him not to break "well-established norms" and go off on unilateral visits across the state. Ms Banerjee virtually warned him against going anywhere without state clearance.