According to a senior source, Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister of West Bengal and the department’s head, would not attend the two-day gathering of state home ministers that the federal government is organising in Haryana’s Surajkund.
According to him, the state government will assign Additional Director General (home guard) Niraj Kumar Singh to attend the “Chintan Shivir” starting on Thursday in place of Home Secretary B P Gopalika and Director General of Police (DGP) Manoj Malviya. Ram Das Meena, the West Bengal Resident Commissioner in New Delhi, will also be present at the meeting, according to the official.
According to the reprot of Indian Express, this is festival time and there are several functions lined up. Bhai Phota (Bhai Dooj) will take place on Thursday and ‘Chhat Puja’ will take place soon. It will not be possible for the chief minister to leave the state. Our home secretary and DGP will not be participating in the Chintan Shivir for the same reason as that of the chief minister,”
Banerjee received an invitation to the meeting from Union Home Minister Amit Shah last month, according to official sources.
Shah will meet with the home ministers of every state during the conference, and on the last day, October 28, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver a speech.