The Bengal bureaucrat at the heart of the latest clash between Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has replied to the Centre's notice accusing him of skipping the PM's meeting last week. Former Chief Secretary Alapan Bandopadhyay has said in his response that he did not "abstain" from PM Modi's Cyclone Yaas meeting at Kalaikunda in Bengal and that he was there "till the Chief Minister was there".