West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose filed a defamation case against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the Calcutta High Court on Fr𒊎iday.
This action came in response to Banerjee's statement the previous day, where she mentioned receiving complaints from women who expressed fear about visiting Raj Bhavan due the activities🍰 conducted there, reportedly.
Bose had criticized Banerjee for her remarks on Friday, emphasizing that public representatives shoul🥀d refrain from spreading "erroneous and slandeꦚrous impressions."
According to PTI, the Bengal governor also filed defamation suit against certain TMC leaders forꦓ making similar remarks.
During an administrative meeting in the state secretariat, Banerjee on Thursday claimed that "Women have informed her they are afraid to visit Raj Bhavan 🃏due to recent incidents reported there".
PTI reported that Bose moved the Calcutta High Court and filed a defamation suit against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her party leaders fꩵor their comm🙈ents on Friday.
On May 2, a contractual woman employe🌱e of Raj Bhavan had alleged molestation by Bose following which the Kolkata Police also started a probe.
How Has West Bengal Leaders Reacted?
TMC Rajya Sabha MP Dola Sen said that she would not be able to comment on the matter without discussing it with the p💛arty leadership.
"I have to talk to my party leadership to find out what actually happ🎃ened. This is quite a sensitive matter," Sen told PTI.
Senior BJP leader⛄ Rahul Sinha said that Bose took the ri💟ght decision.
"I think Governor Bose has tak💙en the r💝ight decision. He should have taken this decision long back. I fully support him for this," Sinha said.
Veteran CPI(M) leader Sujan Chakraborty said that the tussle between Bose and Banerjee is notಞ helping the state.
"It's actually taking us down. They seem to have forgotten their Constitutional responsibil💧ities. Their acts are damaging West Bengal's image at the national level," Chakraborty.
