West Bengal governor is a corrupt man, claims Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday called Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar a “corrupted man” and claimed that his name was in the 1996 Hawala Jain case chargesheet, reported India Today. The governor has denied the allegations.

The case, also known as the Jain Diaries case, involves payments allegedly made by politicians through four hawala brokers, known as the Jain brothers. It was an $18 million (approximately Rs 133 crore) scandal that allegedly involved some of the country’s leading politicians at that time, including BJP leaders LK Advani, Madan Lal Khurana and Arif Mohammed Khan and Congress’ Madhavrao Scindia.

At a press conference on Monday, the chief minister said that she has written three letters seeking Dhankhar’s removal as state governor. “Why has the central government allowed a governor like this to continue?” she asked, according to NDTV.

#WATCH| The Governor (Jagdeep Dhankhar) is a corrupted man, his name was in the charge sheet of 1996 hawala Jain case…: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee pic.twitter.com/Z0DvjFnQ6W

— ANI (@ANI) June 28, 2021

Banerjee also accused the governor of engaging in a political stunt by visiting north Bengal, where he just met the MLAs and MPs of the Bharatiya Janata Party. “Why did he suddenly tour North Bengal,” she asked. “I can sense a conspiracy to divide…

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