Alapan Bandyopadhyay

Centre, West Bengal at loggerheads over chief secy Alapan Bandyopadhyay; an overview of the controversy

Bandyopadhyay, a 1987-batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre, was scheduled to retire on 31 May after completion of 60 years of age

Mamata appeals to Centre to withdraw order recalling Bengal chief secretary, says BJP pursuing 'vendetta politics'

The TMC chief also claimed that Narendra Modi and Amit Shah were trying to create problems for her government at every step as they are unable to digest the BJP's defeat in the recent state Assembly polls

Centre recalls West Bengal chief secy to Delhi after Mamata Banerjee skips meet with Narendra Modi

Banerjee had a brief meeting with the prime minister at the Kalaikunda airbase where she handed over a memorandum on the post-cyclone situation. The BJP leaders later accused her of cutting short the planned review meeting

Seven suspects arrested for attack on JP Nadda's convoy; Bengal governor tells Mamata not to 'play with fire'

Meanwhile, the Union home ministry has summoned West Bengal chief secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay and DGP Virendra over the attack on the BJP president