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Centre pulls up West Bengal for suspending trade on Indo-Bangla border

Operations at Petrapole checkpost in the Bongaon area of North 24 Parganas district was closed as protests erupted after rumours of Bangladeshi labourers carrying the virus

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In the letter, Bhalla said that closing this border will have larger international repercussions for India regarding its “legally binding international commitments”.

Avishek Rakshit Kolkata

3 min read Last Updated : May 07 2020 | 12:58 AM IST

The Centre has yet again pulled up the West Bengal government – this time for violating the Centre’s order on cross-border movement of goods between India and Bangladesh.

In a letter, addressed to West Bengal’s chief secretary, Rajiva Sinha, union home secretary Ajay Bhalla said, “This act of the state government of West Bengal, amounts to violation of the orders issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs under the Disaster Management Act, 2005 as well as Articles 253, 256 and 257 of the Constitution of India”.

While India has trade ties with Bangladesh, which has no restrictions on import and

Topics : Coronavirus Mamata Banerjee Lockdown International trade West Bengal government central government Home Ministry Prashant Kishor Bharatiya Janata Party BJP All India Trinamool Congress Bangladesh

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