Dhankar Asks SEC To Not Become Extension Of WB Govt Ahead Of Civic Polls

Ahead of the civic polls in WB, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar asked the SEC to guard against becoming an "extension" of the state govt.
In a letter to Saurabh Kumar Das, the SEC, Dhankhar recalled how the civic polls in 2013 and 2018 were "destroyed by violence and the democratic fabric was tainted".
The governor's missive to the SEC came days after he faced criticism by TMC minister Firhad Hakim.
Hakim was reported to have said after the meeting, "The governor should not be worried about any possible violence in the upcoming polls since law and order is a state issue."
"If as a person he feels deeply about crimes against human beings, then he should feel pained at the recent Delhi riots which took several human lives", he further added.