Gloves off: TMC slams West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose's 'political partisanship'

KOLKATA: For the first time after CV Ananda Bose took over as Bengal governor, the governing Trinamool on Monday attacked Bose for his statement following the Saturday attack on junior Union home minister Nisith Pramanik's convoy at Cooch Behar's Dinhata. Trinamool mouthpiece 'Jago Bangla' called Bose's statement on Sunday that he wouldn't "keep silent" an instance of "political partisanship".The Trinamool attack was in sharp contrast to the bonhomie between the governor and CM Mamata Banerjee, which was displayed in public on various occasions since Bose assumed office in November, last year.The Trinamool mouthpiece said: "The governor cast off his cover and trod the BJP-ordained route against the state's law and order, sending out signals that he had come to implement the BJP agenda in Bengal. How could the governor keep silent when a BSF jawan pumped 180 pellets into the leg of a Rajbanshi youth?" Trinamool was referring to Prem Kumar Rajbanshi who was killed in BSF firing on December 24, 2022.'Jago Bangla' said the party would criticise the governor if he overstepped his constitutional brief. The editorial, without naming Bose's predecessor, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar, said: "The governor should decide whether he will turn the Raj Bhavan into a BJP party office like earlier and decide his role on the prescriptions of Sukanta Majumdar (Bengal BJP president)."The editorial quoted Trinamool general secretary Kunal Ghosh, who said: "The governor issued the statement after talking to Union minister Nisith Pramanik. Why didn't he talk to the other side?"The 'Jago Bangla' editorial came hours after state minister Firhad Hakim said on Sunday: "The Bengal governor is an educated person and a deft administrator. He should have trust in the CM who has been elected thrice by the people of Bengal."