Kolkata, May 22 -- West Bengal's new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government issued an order on Wednesday stating there would be "complete prohibition" on officers interacting with or sharing information with the media without permission. It was sent to all IAS, IPS, West Bengal Civil Service and West Bengal Police Service officers and other state government employees. The state government later issued a clarification specifying that the directive would apply only to officers and staff of regular state government establishments and organisations under its administrative control. The order, a copy of which HT has accessed, cited Central and state government service rules. Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee alleged in a social media post that the state intends to silence government employees....