Bengal blocks goods at Bangladesh border, warned

New Delhi, May 6

The Centre has slammed the West Bengal Government for not allowing the movement of goods carriers through Indo-Bangladesh border, which, it said, is an “act of violation of the Constitution and will have international implications”.

In a strong-worded letter to West Bengal Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla directed the state government to allow transportation of essential goods through borders without any further delay.

The Union Home Secretary said, “The act of the West Bengal Government amounts to violation of the Orders issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs.”

Bhalla said in the new guidelines “it has been clearly spelt out that no state or UT shall stop the movement of cargo for the cross-border land trade under treaties with neighbouring countries”. — TNS