Bengal Chief Secretary, Ordered To Move To Delhi, Unlikely To Go: Sources

Alapan Bandyopadhyay, who joined Mamata Banerjee in skipping a meeting with Prime Minister Modi was to report to the DoPT in Delhi's North Block by 10 am

Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay - controversially recalled by the centre last week after yet another bitter row between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee - is unlikely to report to Delhi as ordered, sources told NDTV Monday morning. Mr Bandyopadhyay, who joined Ms Banerjee in skipping a meeting with the Prime Minister, was to report to the Department of Personnel and Training in North Block by 10 am. However, sources have said the state's top bureaucrat is still in Kolkata and and that he has not yet been relieved of his duties by the Bengal government. According to news agency PTI, he is also still scheduled to participate in a review meeting - to be led by the Chief Minister at 3 pm Tuesday. Mr Bandyopadhyay's recall order was issued hours after Ms Banerjee skipped a meeting with Prime Minister Modi to assess the impact of Cyclone Yaas, choosing instead a quick 15-minute interaction with him at an airbase where his flight landed.