Day After Letter Row, Bengal Governor In Delhi, May Meet Amit Shah, PM

On Tuesday new flashpoints emerged in governor Jagdeep Dhankhar's feud with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee - the public release of a letter slamming her government's handling of post-poll violence in the state

Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar is in Delhi today and is likely to meet Home Minister Amit Shah, and possibly even Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The communication format is violative of all established norms. The letter has been written to Hon'ble Chief Minister & released to public media through tweets simultaneously, which disrupts sanctity of such communications.(2/5) The unusual step of going public in this manner abruptly and unilaterally has shocked the Government of West Bengal all the more because the contents are fabricated.(3/5) The visit comes a day after new flashpoints in his feud with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee - the public release of a letter slamming her government's handling of post-poll violence in the state. The governor also criticised Ms Banerjee for protests outside the CBI's Kolkata office last month, when two of her ministers were arrested by the central agency over the Narada bribery case. He declared that post-poll violence in the state was the "worst since independence" and that the events of May 17 - Ms Banerjee's protest at the CBI office - were "unparalleled in democracy".