In the backdrop of incidents of violence ahead of the Panchayat polls in West Bengal, Governor C.V. Ananda Bose on Thursday (June 29) sent out a strong message to the State administration, saying the “death knell of democracy” should not ring in the hands of its custodian.
Mr. Bose, who held a meeting with representatives of several parties, at the Siliguri circuit house here, described the current situation in the poll-bound State as "very very disturbing".
"The death knell of democracy must not ring in the hands of its custodian. We must take care of that," Mr. Bose said at the circuit house in Siliguri.
