Keshari Nath Tripathi  

Trinamool Congress on Thursday lodged a complaint with Home Minister Rajnath Singh, accusing West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi of “overstepping his authority” and interfering in matters of State administration.

A delegation of Trinamool members, led by parliamentary party leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay, met the Minister in Parliament House and alleged that Mr. Tripathi had sought to convene a meeting with Divisional Commissioner of Malda to discuss the development schemes of the State and Central governments, the working of the NGOs in rural areas and the law and order situation.

Mr. Bandyopadhyay alleged that the meeting was to be conducted without the knowledge of the State government. “Since law and order and other such issues are exclusively within the domain of the State government, it is expected that a constitutional authority will not bypass its jurisdiction in this manner,” Mr. Bandyopadhyay told reporters after meeting Mr. Singh.