W.B. Governor meets President says regulation and order within the State is being strangulated

West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose who on Wednesday (October 8, 2025) known as on President Droupadi Murmu on the Rashtrapati Bhavan mentioned that regulation and order within the State is being strangulated by the protectors of the regulation themselves.

The Governor’s go to to the nationwide capital comes two days after a Bharatiya Janata Party MP and get together MLA have been attacked at Nagrakata in north Bengal whereas visiting flood affected areas. BJP MP Khagen Murmu sustained critical accidents within the assault whereas MLA Sankar Ghosh was additionally admitted to the hospital.

“In Bengal, regulation and order is being strangulated by the protectors of regulation and order — the police themselves…It seems those that are supposed to regulate the state of affairs have to be managed by others. This state of affairs can not proceed in a democratic setup. This form of anarchy, near-anarchy, can not proceed even in an remoted pocket of Bengal. Bengal deserves higher policing,” the Governor mentioned.

Speaking to media individuals in Delhi, Dr. Bose evaded questions on the imposition of President Rule beneath Article 356 in West Bengal. However, the Governor added the Constitution of India has sufficient provisions to take care of the state of affairs. He additionally added that he has cordial relations with the Chief Minister and had reached out to her over the assault.

Dr. Bose had on Tuesday (October 7, 2025) mentioned that the State authorities ought to arrest these behind the assault on the MP and the MLA inside 24 hours. Asked that 24 hours have already handed and no arrests have been made, the Governor mentioned that folks will now see motion.

The Governor used robust phrases to focus on the Trinamool Congress authorities and mentioned that ‘Gundaraj (rule of the goons) is obvious in lots of locations of the State”. “Bengal has to guard its individuals beneath the Constitution of India. Right to life is a elementary proper. But persons are scared. They are terrified of gundas. There is a form of gundaraj in lots of locations in Bengal. That is one thing which I’ve been observing the final three years after I was Governor there,” the Governor mentioned.

Mr. Bose additionally added that the state of affairs can not go on and strict motion must be taken. The assault on the BJP MP has triggered robust reactions from the BJP rank and file and evoked robust reactions from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The Prime Minister took to social media and mentioned that the incident “highlights the insensitivity of the TMC in addition to the completely pathetic regulation and order state of affairs within the State”. The Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who on Tuesday met Mr. Murmu at a hospital on Monday (October 6) mentioned that it was “unlucky and deeply regarding that the Prime Minister of India has chosen to politicise a pure catastrophe with out ready for a correct investigation..”.

The Governor additionally added that he’ll ship a report back to the excessive Constitutional workplaces together with the President of India however refused to disclose the contents of the studies.

In May 2025, after communal riots had rocked Murshidabad, Governor Bose in a report back to the Union Government had instructed that the Centre think about “constitutional choices not solely to place a test on the present state of affairs but in addition to generate confidence of individuals within the rule of regulation”.