The West Bengal government has decided not to release its Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay who was asked by the Centre to report to Delhi on Monday. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday informing about the decision and urged him to rescind the order. Last week the Union government issued an order asking the Chief Secretary to report to the Central government at 10 a.m. on Monday. Explained | Is the order attaching West Bengal Chief Secretary unprecedented? “I thus humbly appeal to your conscience and good sense, on the behalf of people of West Bengal, and request you to rescind the latest order,” she added.

Source: The Hindu May 31, 2021 05:28 UTC