‘Ego prevailed over public service’: Dhankhar on Mamata skipping PM meet
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The Chief Minister said she skipped the meeting because “a BJP MLA has no locus to be present in a PM-CM meeting”.
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday stirred fresh controversy by saying “ego prevailed over public service” on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee skipping Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting to review post-cyclone damages on May 28. Mr. Dhankhar said the Chief Minister had called him before the meeting at Kalaikunda in Paschim Medinipur district and indicated that she won’t attend it if Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari is present in it. “Constrained by false narrative to put record straight: On May 27 at 2316 hrs CM @MamataOfficial messaged ‘may I talk? urgent’,” Mr. Dhankhar tweeted.
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