Centre issues show-cause notice to Alapan Bandyopadhyay for skipping govt’s summons

The Centre has issued a show-cause notice to retired West Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay for skipping his summons in Delhi on Monday.

The Centre has issued a show-cause notice to former West Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay, who skipped reporting in Delhi on Monday after being summoned by the Centre. Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday refused to release Alapan Bandyopadhyay and shot a letter to PM Narendra Modi, calling the order “shocking” and “unilateral”. Later in the day, Alapan Bandyopadhyay resigned from his post of Chief Secretary and was appointed the chief advisor to the chief minister. A day later, the Centre issued a show-cause notice to Alapan Bandyopadhyay for abstaining from the Cyclone Yaas review meet chaired by PM Modi in Bengal, which Mamata Banerjee had also skipped, and triggered a row with the Centre.