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A temporary female staff member of the Raj Bhavan or Governor’s House in Kolkata has filed a complaint against the West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose alleging that she has been sexually harassed by the governor. This immediately became the top 10 breaking news in India as it is a serious allegation against very high constitutional incumbent, the governor of a state. That is the technical description of the incident wherein a complaint has been filed against the governor. However, no action can be initiated against a serving governor because he enjoys constitutional immunity by law.

The governor, Ananda Bose has taken serious objection to this allegation and has already barred entry of the West Bengal Police along with a number of Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders including ministers into the Raj Bhavan premises in the state.

As per breaking India news in Hindi and other media, Governor Bose has sought legal advice to move court against the complainant, who according to him is trying to slur his position by making a fake allegation against him.

Surely the governor knows what he is saying but then such an allegation should be taken with all the seriousness it deserves and the matter should be investigated by the appropriate departments at the right time.

Is it low level politics of vendetta by the TMC?

Immediately after the woman filed her case at the Hare Street police station in Kolkata, mainstream media in Kolkata and other parts of the state went into an overdrive on the matter.

Soon it broke into the top 10 breaking news in India and the matter seems to have been orchestrated for a trial of the governor by the media since he cannot be legally tried while he holds the post.

The governor on his part is quite sure of where he stands but if it is a fake case as the BJP and many others believe it to be, then this case is going to boomerang on the TMC after the elections.

Taking advantage of the situation, chief minister Banerjee and many of her cabinet colleagues as well as party functionaries are also trying to counter the BJP’s Sandeshkhali campaign by citing the governor as the BJP’s man.

The sheer brazenness of the TMC’s attack on the governor by comparing the allegations against him with the unprecedented sleaziness of the TMC’s sex offenders in Sandeshkhali might suggest that the charges against the governor are fake. It is another matter that over 90% of the sexual harassment cases in the country are fake.

Short term political advantage could have long term consequences for TMC

The TMC was under severe pressure on the Sandeshkhali issue and it seems to have already cost it the election as the party’s own internal survey has shown the BJP getting 32 out of the 42 seats in Bengal.

In its desperation to get back at the BJP with something similar in nature to the Sandeshkhali scandal if not in scale, the TMC seems to have stepped into a legal minefield.

It knows very well that the governor cannot be touched in any way as long as holds the post and so it was decided to slur his name and reputation with this charge.

Most of the top 10 breaking news in India have also covered the governor’s prompt action in barring entry for the state police in the Raj Bhavan premises along with some members of the state cabinet among others.

He will surely initiate legal action against the temporary female staffer of the Raj Bhavan in Kolkata and the implications could embroil the TMC and its leaders including the chief minister in a legal tangle they will find very difficult to get out of. A senior state BJP leader, Dilip Ghosh has already stated that it is a fake case and is not surprising since the TMC can stoop to any depth of depravity according to him.

AUTHOR: Dev Kumar is an independent geo-political observer, commentator and blogger who tries to look at international issues in relation to India and present a different dimension that has hardly been covered by mainstream experts.