India / Bengal governor Dhankhar invites CM Mamata Banerjee for ‘coffee meeting’ amid face-offs

West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar wants to meet chief minister Mamata Banerjee over a cup of coffee at a place of her choice.

Dhankhar’s invitation in a tweet has come amid the numerous spats with Mamata Banerjee since he was appointed as the constitutional head of the state in July last year.

Memorable moments at a Kolkata’s famous coffee house. Greatly touched by warmth. Indicated “Let there be a meeting between me and Mamata Banerjee at any place of her choice with coffee supplied by the Indian Coffee House,” We must always give precedence to the welfare of WB State pic.twitter.com/6i1aWUkm5G

— Jagdeep Dhankhar (@jdhankhar1) January 10, 2020

There have been many incidents of a verbal clash between Jagdeep Dhankhar and Mamata Banerjee over several issues, including law and order situation in the state to the running of universities.

The governor tweeted on Friday morning, a day after he spent some time at the iconic Indian Coffee House opposite Presidency College in central Kolkata on Thursday.

“Memorable moments at a Kolkata’s famous coffee house. Greatly touched by warmth. Indicated “Let there be a meeting between me and Mamata Banerjee at any place of her choice with coffee supplied by the Indian Coffee House,” We must always give precedence to the welfare of WB State (sic),” Dhankhar tweeted.