The comments from Banerjee came months after BJP candidate Raju Bista won the Lok Sabha polls from Darjeeling instead of local GJM leader Amar Singh Rai, who contested the election on a TMC ticket.

Banerjee will also attend an informal get-together with his then teachers and contemporaries. The group of alumni gifted Banerjee a copy of the Presidency’s Alumni Association’s magazine, Autumn Annual, along with a bouquet of flowers and sweets.

State Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha has, in a letter to the MHA dated October 21, also sought to know why the state was not consulted before the decision was taken to hand over the governor’s security to the CRPF.

Governor urges civil society to reflect on ‘worrisome governance’ in the state

It also recovered Rs 10.60 lakh in cash, and jewellery valued at Rs 27 lakh, from the official’s home, besides documents related to fixed bank deposits, postal deposits, immovable properties.

The chief minister further said the Trinamool Congress had opposed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Parliament as it should not be done on the basis of religion.

The officials, the Governor said, had told him that permission to attend the meeting with him is not available as all senior government officials are presently in north Bengal, where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is on an administrative tour.

Police had initially considered it to be an accident case and registered a murder case only after the post-mortem report recorded two bullet injuries on the body.

“We will not allow any division among the people of the state,” Banerjee said, adding the people of this state have "earned their right to be called an Indian citizen through their participation in freedom struggle and contribution to Bengal renaissance."

Nobel laureate Abhijit is coming to his paternal home in Kolkata to visit his 83-year-old mother. His alma mater Presidency University has announced it will confer DLit on him.

Trinamool Congress denied the allegation and claimed that the murder was the fall-out of a family dispute.

Under the assured income component, as many as 37,74,445 farmers had received Rs 478.37 crore till September 9. The state had got a total of 40,22,354 applications in this period.

The tweet comes on a day Congress leader Sanmay Banerjee, arrested on the charge of circulating “objectionable” content on social media against the Bengal government and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, was granted bail.

Besides, the KMC has decided to install lights near statues of eminent personalities at the banks and surrounding areas.

Earlier on Friday, Piyush Goyal took a swipe at Banerjee, saying “his thinking is totally Left-leaning and people of India have totally rejected it”.

After his arrest in the early hours of Friday, he was produced in a Purulia court, where the police had asked for seven days’ remand, but were granted two days.

He was addressing media persons at the end of the two-day state committee meeting of the party when he said this.

The Governor was at Jadavpur University to attend a court (the highest decision-making body of the institute) meeting on Friday.

The TMC’s North 24 Parganas district president Jyotipriya Mullick on Thursday claimed that they have the support of 21 councillors and will soon bring in a no-confidence motion against Bhatpara Municipality board Chairman.

The institute has decided to add Banerjee’s name on the ‘Wall of Fame’ in the main building. It will also have a 3D representation of Banerjee’s face on a wall beside Sen.

The CM also said she did not support negative criticism. “I support constructive criticism, not negative, destructive criticism. I always stand by the motto: Think Positive, Be Positive. Those who think positive, go ahead in life and achieve a lot,” she said.

Till date, the West Bengal Police was in charge of the security of the Governor with four armed personnel guarding him whenever he used to travel.

Sources in state secretariat said, the CM will leave for the review meetings on October 21. She will also participate in a Bijoya Sammilani programme in Siliguri.

Bandhu Prakash Pal (40), his pregnant wife Beauty Pal (30) and their son Angan (5) were found murdered at their home in Lebu Bagan area of Jiaganj on the afternoon of October 8.