Mamata Banerjee Meets Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar Raj Bhawan

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday met with Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar at Raj Bhawan. The meeting continued for over an hour.

Earlier on Thursday, Governor Dhankhar condemned the bomb attack on West Bengal Minister Jakir Hossain on Wednesday, in which the minster and his associates sustained injuries.

"Attack on West Bengal Minister Jakir Hossain at Nimtita railway station, Murshidabad is reprehensible. Concerned at the increasing rise in violence that has no place in a democracy," tweeted Governor's office.

Attack on WB Minister Jakir Hossain at Nimtita railway station, Murshidabad, reprehensible.

Concerned at increasing rise in violence that has no place in democracy.

Time @WBPolice @HomeBengal administration @MamataOfficial to act fast as per law.

— Governor West Bengal Jagdeep Dhankhar (@jdhankhar1) February 17, 2021

Ms Banerjee, addressing a rally in South 24 Parganas on Thursday said, "Jakir is my most popular leader. I think they (Centre) will start the election from Kolkata, Murshidabad and Malda. So, whoever did it, their target was to kill Zakir and remove him. A proper investigation should be done and we already prepared an SIT which will investigate every angle."

"Why was there no light in the railway station (Nimtita)? Why was there no railway officer after the incident took place? Jakir will go via rail they knew this surely, although they did not arrange any security. Railway property and everything inside station come under the jurisdiction of railway police, not under the state police," added the Chief Minister.

Labour Minister of the state Mr Hossain suffered injuries after the bomb attack on him while he was walking towards Nimtita Railway Station to board the train for Kolkata on Wednesday.

The case has been handed over to West Bengal CID and the investigation is underway at Nimtita Railway Station.