Claiming that the media was "scared" to ask questions to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday urged journalists to show courage, shed their fears and pose queries where they needed to. Interacting with media persons outside the Assembly, the Governor took potshots apparently targeting Banerjee and other high government functionaries in the state.

Dismissing the Trinamool Congress' charge that he was running a parallel government in the state, West-Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday alleged that while the Chief Secretary has not called on him for 50 days, he was still waiting for the Chief Minister to brief him on cyclone Bulbul which left a trail of destruction in several districts of the state earlier this month.

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar who has been accorded Z category protection by the union-home-ministry, on Tuesday attended programmes with his new-security-cover. According to Raj Bhawan sources, the Z category security cover by central police forces supplemented the protection to the governor by the state-government. Dhankhar attended a program at the SAI complex at Salt Stadium in the city with his new security cover.