Team News Riveting
Kolkata, June 2
Even as the conduct of former West Bengal Chief Minister Alapan Bandhopadhyay continued to remain a topic of discussion in the power corridors, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said it was now a closed chapter.
She however asserted that her administration would stand by the former chief secretary on the row over his not joining the central government.
“Alapan Bandyopadhyay chapter is over now. The West Bengal government will give full support to Alapan Bandyopadhyay in whatever is going around with him,” Mamata Banerjee told reporters.
On the request of West Bengal government, the Centre had granted extension of three months to Alapan Bandopadhyay who was supposed to retire on May 31.
The Government of India that controlled the All India Service, recalled the IAS officer on central deputation after he allegedly ignored the protocol and skipped the review meeting with the Chief Minister that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had convened to review the Cyclone damage.
Bandopadhyay did not report to the Centre while Mamata Banerjee announced his retirement on Monday and appointed him the chief adviser to the Bengal Chief Minister.
The Union Home Ministry had served a show-cause notice on Alapan Bandyopadhyay under a stringent provision of the Disaster Management Act that entails imprisonment up to two years for skipping the crucial meeting.
