The Centre on Monday issued a show-cause notice to Alapan Bandopadhyay , who retired as West Bengal chief secretary after rejecting the th...
The Centre on Monday issued a show-cause notice to Alapan Bandopadhyay, who retired as West Bengal chief secretary after rejecting the three-month extension given to him, NDTV reported. Bandopadhyay was immediately appointed the chief advisor to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
The Department of Personnel and Training, which comes under the central government, had on Friday directed Bandopadhyay to report to its office at North Block in Delhi by 10 am.
The order did not mention the reason for the move. But it came hours after Bandopadhyay and Banerjee skipped a review meeting on Cyclone Yaas with the prime minister. The Centre alleged that Banerjee kept Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar waiting for half an hour. Banerjee has refuted the claims, saying she handed over a detailed report on the cyclone to the prime minister and after seeking his permission thrice, she left for Digha with Bandopadhay to assess the damage caused by the cyclone.
The show-cause notice to Bandopadhyay referred to the meeting controversy, claiming Modi and other members of his entourage had to wait for nearly 15 minutes for officers to arrive. “In view of the absence, the chief secretary was called by an official as to whether they wanted to participate in the review meeting or not,” the...
