Birbhum Killings: Guv Jagdeep Dhankhar Invites CM Mamata To Discuss 'Worsening' Law And Order

Dhankhar in his letter guaranteed that the state of governance in the state was cliff-hanging and had been additionally stressed by the barbarity seen in the Birbhum killings.

New Delhi: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday invited Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for talks on worsening law and order in the state.

Dhankhar in his letter guaranteed that the state of governance in the state was cliff-hanging and had been additionally stressed by the barbarity seen in the Birbhum killings.

"Recent alarmingly worrisome developments, reflecting increased lawlessness and violence, make it imperative that you spare time earliest for an interaction at Raj Bhavan," Dhankhar wrote to Banerjee, a copy of which was attached to his tweet.

The Governor additionally communicated worry over Banerjee's new remark that her party might hit the roads if the CBI probe into the incident was at the behest of the BJP, and said any recourse must be legal and not in the city.

"I am concerned at your public statement to hit the streets in protest' if the CBI probe is not in tune with your thought process ... any recourse thereof has to be lawful and not on streets," he wrote.

Mamata on Sunday had said her government would cooperate with the CBI probe however the Trinamool Congress would hit the roads if the central agency was viewed as acting at the command of the BJP, Congress or the CPI(M).

"Already cliff hanging governance in the state, from the perspective of Constitution and law, has recently been further strained by horrifying incidents of barbarity at Rampurhat and in the hallowed precincts of the Assembly," the Governor wrote.

TMC and BJP MLAs were associated with fisticuffs in the Assembly on Monday over the killings at Bogtui village on March 21 in which eight individuals were burnt alive. A lady who was admitted to Rampurhat clinic with burns died on Monday, raising the toll to nine. 

(With PTI inputs)