TMC slams governor for 'plan to diverge' from Budget speech

SANTINIKETAN: The Raj Bhavan and TMC government in Bengal appear to be heading for another showdown with governor Jadgeep Dhankhar asserting on Thursday that he will "create history" with his address to the assembly at the beginning of the Budget session. The Budget session of the state assembly begins on Friday.
Dhankhar said he is hopeful that his inputs have been included in the address. The TMC was quick to return fire. It criticised the governor for deliberately "creating problems between Raj Bhavan and the state government".
"This is for the first time that I will address the assembly in the Budget session. I will be creating history tomorrow," Dhankhar said.
He said the state government is well within its rights to put forth their achievements in the governor's address to the House. "But as governor, ...I have also given my suggestions. I think it will be incorporated in my speech," he said.
The comment by Dhankhar, who has had several run-ins with the Mamata Banerjee government, drew sharp reactions from state minister Chandrima Bhattacharya, who said the governor was deliberately trying to create problems.