West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday claimed that Alapan Bandyopadhyay is now a closed chapter, however added that her administration will stand by the previous chief secretary of the state if he doesn’t be part of the central authorities.
“The Alapan Bandyopadhyay chapter is now over. Whatever is occurring with Alapan Bandyopadhyay, the West Bengal authorities will give him full assist.
Bandopadhyay was resulting from retire on May 31, however the state not too long ago sought and obtained permission to increase his tenure by three months as he performed a key position within the combat towards the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, he was handed a switch instruction by the Centre, quickly after an argument erupted at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cyclone evaluate assembly, which didn’t attend the CM and the state chief secretary.
The bureaucrat as an alternative of reporting to Delhi determined to retire amid Centre-state tussle. He was later appointed because the Chief Advisor to the CM.
Amid a tussle between the Center and the Mamata Banerjee authorities, the Union Home Ministry has served a show-cause discover to Bandyopadhyay below a stringent provision of the Disaster Management Act, which carries a jail time period of as much as two years.
Bandyopadhyay has already began working as chief advisor and was current at Wednesday’s assembly of the state’s irrigation division headed by Banerjee.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
