Bengal Governor Visits Violence-hit Bhangar, Sets Up ‘Peace Room’ to Address Grievances – News18

West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose visited violence-hit areas of the state, including Bhangar, and came up with a “peace room” theory by passing on a phone number and an email ID as a way to contact him in case of any problem. He said any person in trouble can simply ring the or send an email at 03322001641, OSD2w.b.governor@gmail.com.

Bose started operating the peace room on Saturday night, which has turned into an effective way of dealing with grievances. Complaints of physical assault and political intimidation have poured in at the Raj Bhavan since the peace room was initiated. “Peace room warriors” receive, sort and submit them to the governor for appropriate action.

It is a single-window grievance system that takes up the matter in an instant with the state election commissioner or the chief secretary. Affected parties are informed about follow-up action on a real-time basis. Darjeeling MP Raju Bista lodged a complaint about threats to his life and the governor immediately took it up. The state election commissioner told Bose in no time that the district magistrate of Darjeeling had been instructed to look into this. The governor has directed the peace room to send him a report on the action taken by police to protect the MP.

What are TMC, BJP saying?

The BJP welcomed the governor’s action. “There is so much violence that the governor has understood and we welcome his move,” said party leader Dilip Ghosh.

The TMC, however, reacted sharply to the development. “What right does he have to do this?” asked party leader Kunal Ghosh. He even tweeted about the governor’s initiative. “Has Hon’ble Governor bought some of his dress, suit, sunglass, shoe from Govt funds? If yes, this is totally unethical. He should buy his own dress materials by his own money. Funds of Governor house must be audited properly. If allegation is wrong I am ready to pray apology.”