Jagdeep Dhankhar

Jagdeep Dhankhar (born 18 May 1951) is an Indian politician and former leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. As of 2021, he is serving as the Governor of West Bengal. He is an advocate at the Supreme Court of India, and was a member of Lok Sabha from 1989 to 1991.

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 * PM called and expressed his serious anguish and concern at alarmingly worrisome law & order situation @MamataOfficial   I share grave concerns @PMOIndia given that violence vandalism, arson. loot and killings continue unabated.    Concerned must act in overdrive to restore order.
 * Governor West Bengal Jagdeep Dhankhar (@jdhankhar1) May 4, 2021


 * If your vote becomes a cause of your death or property destruction, if it leads to arson, then that signals the end of democracy.
 * West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar,May 10, 2021


 * People have left their houses and are living in jungles. Women tell me that they (goons) will come there once again and there is such failure of security before the Governor. I'm shocked at it. I can imagine what the people here must be going through... This is a total collapse of rule of law. I could have never imagined this. I have seen the fear of Police in the eyes of the people, they are scared to go to Police, their houses were looted. I'm really shocked, this is the destruction of democracy.
 * West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar, May, 2021


 * Unimaginable post poll violence @MamataOfficial.    Terrified people with difficulty and fear @WBPolice and reprisals at hands of ruling party workers narrate indescribable woes of horror      Appeal CM to take urgent steps to restore their confidence in the worst post poll violence. pic.twitter.com/nh8J2f5hFp
 * West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar, May, 2021     — Governor West Bengal Jagdeep Dhankhar (@jdhankhar1) May 15, 2021


 * I have never imagined that I will see such heart-wrenching violence in Bengal. Lakhs of people fled from their respective villages out of fear. Several houses were bombed, people killed, women were raped because they fearlessly voted while maintaining the decorum of our Constitution. India has never seen Bengal like post-poll violence before... I would like to appeal to our Chief Minister that it is high time she should take note of the law and order situation as millions of people are suffering. They are sitting on a volcano. I do hope that she will attend to the situation... Nothing can be more shameful for us than people of West Bengal taking shelter in other states,” [Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar said while visiting a camp at Agomoni area of Dhubri in Assam, where people from West Bengal have been camping post-poll violence.... Dhankar was distraught by the “tales of sorrow” which he said, “left no tears in his eyes”.] Never imagined severity of post poll retributive violence@MamataOfficial was much beyond. One is made to pay with life and rights for voting!... History will judge the bureaucracy of West Bengal, police and administration… This is such an issue, where nobody has the right to play politics.
 * West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar, May, 2021


 * All day witnessed such tales of sorrow, grief and horror as victim after victim narrated horrendous post poll retributive violence incidents @MamataOfficial. Helpless victims in crossfire of police @WBPolice and ruling party workers. Will endeavor to deliberate with CM.
 * West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar, May, 2021     — Governor West Bengal Jagdeep Dhankhar (@jdhankhar1) May 13, 2021