L-G Saxena criticizes Kejriwal over neglect of basic civic issues
Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Monday wrote to former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, expressing concern over several issues affecting the residents of the city.
The Sikh community members continued to protest the racial and anti-national slur on one of their community members, who is also an IPS officer. They even met the Governor with their demands.
The ruling Trinamul Congress to have been protesting on the issue. It wrote on X: “SuvenduWB’s condemnable ‘Khalistani’ remarks have prompted demands for the intervention of the Governor from representatives of the Sikh community!”
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There have been mass protests against the disrespectful and inflammatory slurs used by @BJP4Bengal leadership towards the duty-bound Sikh IPS officer.
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They also wrote to the Governor: “…wish to express our profound dismay and condemnation regarding recent incident of mistreatment inflicted upon Sikh IPS officer by political leaders of the WB BJP Shri Suvendu Adhikari in branding the official on duty as Khalistani, in Sandeshkhali.”
They said this aroused extreme outrage Sikhs across India and this act violates Article 15 of the Constitution of India.
They have urged the Governor to direct his officers to investigate the matter and hold perpetrators accountable and refrain them from engaging in divisive rhetoric.
The Governor, C V Ananda Bose, in his reply, said, “…in Kaviguru Rabindranath Tagore’s land, where the salutation to the Nation begins with Punjab, ‘Punjaba, Sindhu, Gujarata, Maratha…’ we should not do anything which could even remotely hurt the sentiments of our Punjabi brethren.”
“I would like to assure our Punjabi fraternity that Bengal stands by you, India stands by you, society stands by you, our culture stands by you. Raj Bhavan will be making a Punjabi Bagh in its estate as a tribute to….”
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