“Is it true that Anirban Chattopadhyay, Editor ABP, the highest circulated Bangla daily is sought to be arrested under certain fictitious but non-bailable charges? Is it dedicated to Modi’s first year 2nd term, meant to settle the score because of ABP upholding the secular values?” Mishra tweeted on Saturday. While the Governor tried to put the blame on the shoulder of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (the tweet was marked to Banerjee and the Editors Guild of India), CPI(M) state unit secretary Mishra held Modi government responsible for Chattopadhyay’s ordeal. It is spine of democracy and guaranteed by Constitution”, Dhankhar stated in the tweet. Governor Dhankhar recently tweeted saying he had sought update from home secretary regarding summoning of Chattopadhyay at the Hare Street police station. Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar and CPI(M) West Bengal unit secretary Surjya Kanta Misra have expressed the view that the summoning of the 62-year-old editor by police was an attempt to muzzle the press. Summoning by the Kolkata police of journalist Anirban Chattopadhyay, editor of widely circulated Bengali daily Anandabazar Patrika, and Chattopadhyay’s subsequent resignation has triggered a controversy.
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