Congress says it’s an attack on federalism that will result in anarchyOpposition parties on Saturday criticised the Centre’s move to recall the West Bengal Chief Secretary. The Congress described it as “an attack on federalism” that would result in “anarchy”. Its general secretary and chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the “abrupt, malicious and unilateral” recall of Bengal’s top bureaucrat was an “unpardonable attack on the Constitution that has shocked the nation’s conscience’. He dragged in the issue of Justice Arindam Sinha, a sitting Judge of the Calcutta High Court, questioning the conduct of the High Court while handling the bail issue of Trinamool ministers and leaders who were booked in the Narada sting case. CPI general secretary D Raja told The Hindu, “It shows how the Centre-State relations have become bitter, strained and weakened federalism”.

Source: The Hindu May 29, 2021 13:49 UTC