West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose reacts to sex harassment allegation CM Banerjee also questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's silence on the issue. "You (PM) are saying so many things in Sandeshkhali. We had taken necessary action the moment we found some aberrations.
But you spent the entire night at Raj Bhavan even after the allegations by the hapless woman came to light. Why are you silent?," she asked at a second rally at Purbasthali in Purba Bardhaman district. ‘TMC made Hindus second-class citizens in West Bengal,' alleges PM Modi Meanwhile, Bose said he expected more such allegations to surface but that would not deter him from his "determined efforts to expose corruption and curb violence" in the state.
"I welcome all the generous allegations and the frequent innuendoes passed on me by some political forces. I understand, my friends, there is more in the offing. But one thing is clear, none of the absurd dramas is going to deter me from my determined efforts to expose corruption and curb violence," Bose said in a recorded statement released by Raj Bhavan.
What is Article 361? How it is protecting Bengal Governor in ‘molestation’ case Bose mocked the allegations, saying one day he would also be blamed for the Great Bengal Famine of 1943 as well as the '1946 Calcutta Killings'. "That is the nature of the political forces working in the state," he said. Notably, under Article 361 of the Indian Constitution, no criminal proceedings can be instituted against a governor during his term in office.Milestone Alert!
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