Buzz of President rule in West Bengal |
Even as the war for Lok Sabha elections is over, the bitter battle over West Bengal moved to the nation`s capital on Monday as governor Keshari Nath Tripathi met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah and apprised them of the situation in the state, that is in the grip of political violence since the Lok Sabha polls. Speculation is rife in Opposition circles that the Centre may be planning to impose President`s Rule in the state ahead of the Assembly elections due in 2021. Denying the media any details, the governor said that there was no discussion on imposing President`s Rule. “I have apprised the Prime Minister and the home minister about the situation in West Bengal. I can`t disclose details.” Mr Tripathi`s visit to New Delhi came a day after the Centre issued an advisory to the West Bengal government over the relentless political violence in the state following the general election, in which the BJP managed to wrest 18 Lok Sabha seats in the state, and the ruling Trinamool Congress` Lok Sabha tally fell to 22 from 34.
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