Chief minister Mamata Banerjee spoke for the first time with Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday, the conversation revolving around the appointment of Jagdeep Dhankar as the new governor of Bengal. Later, she called him back from her cellphone and spoke for around a minute and a half,” said a source. By then Mamata had tweeted: “I welcome Sri Jagdip Dhankar who has been appointed as the new Governor of Bengal. I welcome him to our beautiful state.”Around 20 minutes later, the chief minister tweeted again: “Hon’ble Home Minister just now talked to me about appointment of new Governor of West Bengal. (PTI Photo)Through the first tweet, Mamata has subtly suggested that she was not briefed or consulted on the appointment before it was announced.

Source: The Telegraph July 20, 2019 20:56 UTC