BSF DG Meets Bengal Guv Amid Ambit Tussle; Dhankhar, TMC In War Of Words

In a letter to Dhankhar, TMC Chief Whip in Rajya Sabha Sukhendu Sekhar Ray mentioned, “you’ve got willfully disseminated factually/legally untenable improper phrases regarding BSF vis-a-vis the assertion made just lately by the chief minister. That is perceived as lower than accountable, geared toward creating confusion amongst individuals.” The Centre just lately amended the BSF Act to authorise the pressure to undertake search, seizure and arrest inside a bigger 50 km stretch, as an alternative of 15 km, from the worldwide border in Punjab, West Bengal and Assam. In accordance with the Part 139 (1) of the BSF Act, a member of the pressure can operate “inside the native limits of such space adjoining the borders of India”, the MP mentioned and claimed that this expression restricts any extension of its jurisdiction.

Although the state assemblies of West Bengal and Punjab have handed resolutions towards the notification extending the jurisdiction of the BSF, Ray mentioned, “but you most popular to publicly oppose such decision.” “The decision handed by overwhelming majority of the individuals’s representatives within the meeting can not invite criticism from the governor who’s the nominal head of the state,” he mentioned. In his reply to Ray, the governor wrote that in a federal polity, all companies — central and state — want to have interaction in tandem and togetherness. “On nationwide safety points, there may be have to yield to the primacy of nationwide curiosity and safety ignoring partisan concerns,” he wrote.

“You might be conscious the problem was raised in excessive decibel by the hon’ble chief minister in a sequence of official conferences in delicate border districts. It was at this stage that December 9 communication was despatched to her calling upon her to revisit,” he mentioned. Dhankhar had on December 9 written to Banerjee stating that her current directive to the state police on the BSF is “doubtlessly alarming for federal polity and nationwide safety” and never “in sync” with the Centre”s determination of accelerating the border guards” jurisdiction. “On nationwide safety points, there may be have to yield to the primacy of nationwide curiosity and safety ignoring partisan concerns,” he wrote to Ray.

Sustaining that the BSF is enjoined by legislation with the duty of guaranteeing the safety of the borders of India, the governor mentioned seamless coordination between BSF and state administration and police would affirmatively contribute to those companies successfully performing their function. “The scenario, as all are conscious, in the mean time on all these counts wants large uplift,” the letter learn.