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Kolkata: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar needed to reduce quick his inaugural price range session speech on Friday after BJP MLAs launched a protest in opposition to the post-poll violence and deteriorating regulation and order scenario within the state.

Speculations are rife that Dhankhar needed to reduce quick his speech as there was no point out of post-poll violence within the tackle copy drafted by the state authorities.

Dhankhar had lately expressed his reservations over the speech (of Friday’s price range session) drafted by the West Bengal authorities after he discovered some essential factors lacking from the 14-page notice. He stated needed to debate these lacking factors with Mamata Banerjee.

On June 28, Banerjee had a phrase with the governor over cellphone throughout which he categorically talked about to the problems he had with some factors talked about within the speech copy. The identical day Banerjee addressed a press convention and accused Dhankhar of his involvement within the Jain Hawala case and termed him a ‘corrupt’ man.

“She is a mature chief and politician, and such remarks from her in opposition to me are extraordinarily unlucky. Ten minutes earlier than the press convention (by Mamata Banerjee), she known as me relating to my concern over some pointers talked about in my tackle copy. Quickly after my reservations over some factors, she held a press convention and accused me of being a corrupt individual,” the Governor had stated on June 28.

BJP MLA and Chief of Opposition within the West Bengal Meeting, Suvendu Adhikari, stated that Dhankhar might have left the Meeting with out studying the total speech as a result of he had objected to some lacking factors within the speech copy which he felt have been essential to be highlighted.

“There was no point out of post-poll violence within the Governor’s speech which occurred after the relying on Might 2. Surprisingly, within the draft it was talked about that there no post-poll violence passed off in Bengal. We felt that it could be potential that the governor was saddened with the content material of the speech drafted by Banerjee and subsequently might have reduce quick his speech and left the Meeting,” Adhikari stated.

“We’re grateful to the governor for highlighting regulation and order points within the state with the ruling authorities and thru social media. He’s a humble individual and he’ll be capable to make clear why he reduce quick his speech,” he added.

This isn’t the primary time that Dhankhar has expressed his dissatisfaction over the content material of the speech. On February 7, final 12 months, he had expressed dismay after his post-budget speech was not allowed for a reside telecast allegedly by the state authorities.

Then, there have been apprehensions that he might change the price range speech (ratified by the state authorities). It was alleged that to keep away from public embarrassment, his speech was blocked from being reside telecast.

Nevertheless, (then) Dhankhar learn the speech drafted by the state authorities with out making any adjustments.