The Calcutta high court on Friday dismissed a writ petition filed by an advocate to remove Jagdeep Dhankhar as the governor of West Bengal.
The petition, filed by advocate Ramaprasad Sarkar on February 8, had sought the court’s direction to the central government regarding Dhankar’s removal claiming the latter is acting as the mouthpiece of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In his petition, Sarkar had said Dhankhar is interfering in the functioning of the state and maligning the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government with his critical comments. The petitioner had submitted that Dhankhar is “acting as the mouthpiece of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)”.
He said Dhankhar was bypassing the state council of ministers and dictating officials directly, in “violation of the Constitution”.
