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Dhankhar in an official statement said, "Such stand, more so in the forum concerned, is not in consonance with the office you hold. Just ponder that not even once you have thought of deliberating the issue, if at all any, with me. Such optics damage the institution we need to nurture and of which I happen to be at the apex as per Article 168 of the Constitution."

Sharing a tender notice on Twitter, Adhikari said, "Pushpak Rath for (self proclaimed) PM??? Dissatisfied with the helicopter's range, the process of acquiring a 10 seater Airplane has been initiated. Convenient for whimsical criss-crossing of the entire country for upcoming Lok Sabha poll campaigning? On Government expenses? Airplane of fantasy."

Recognising the spectrum of the incidents of post-poll violence in West Bengal, Call for Justice had constituted a fact-finding committee led by Justice Permod Kohli, former Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court, and comprising Anand Bose, IAS (retired), former Chief Secretary, Kerala; Nirmal Kaur, IPS (retired), former DGP, Jharkhand; Nisar Ahmed, ex-President, ICSI; and M. Madan Gopal, IAS (retired).

Addressing a press conference, Dhankhar said, "I would like to ask the government what happened to the report of the Rs 2,000 crore pandemic purchase scam? The Chief Minister herself had admitted that there were irregularities and she even ordered an inquiry which was supposed to be conducted by the then Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay. What happened to that report?

Strongly refuting the charges, Dhankhar said that he did not expect the Chief Minister to engage in "sensation premised on misrepresentation and untruth". "This Governor's name figured in the Jain Hawala case. But they have gone to court and cleared it. There is a PIL which is pending. The Governor is a totally corrupt person. He was named in the Jain Hawala charge-sheet.

The NHRC team will be available for at least three hours on Monday from 10 a.m. at Staff Officers' Mess, Sector V Saltlake, Kolkata to interact with complainants, victims, petitioners and other stakeholders to address their grievances and listen their points. These members were also present at 4 p.m. on Sunday too.

In a three-page letter to Sitharaman, Mitra alleged that the GST Council meetings have become "acrimonious, vexing and almost toxic with the erosion of the mutual trust that had held fast between states and the Centre" since the Council's inception.

The plea filed by the CM, through advocate Astha Sharma, said the HC order is against all canons of substantial justice, more so in light of the fact that the CBI was able to not only get an urgent listing but also stay of the order passed by the special CBI judge on May 17, without filing any pleadings along with requisite affidavits, merely on the basis of an e-mail, without any notice to the parties concerned, including the petitioner.

In a memorandum sent by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), the Centre has proposed to hold major penalty proceedings against him and has sought his response within 30 days, failing which the inquiring authority may hold the inquiry against him as 'ex parte'.

Dhankhar, who has been critical of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and West Bengal government over its ‘failure' to contain post-poll violence in the state, said, "In Delhi I spoke to some people. We cannot compromise on democracy; we cannot compromise on rule of law and we cannot compromise with the Constitution. I am hopeful that everyone will listen to my sane voice."