West Bengal governor Keshari Nath Tripathi was reacting to the comments of state parliamentary affairs minister Partha Chatterjee that Tripathi had gone beyond his jurisdiction and that he was acting as the spokesperson of the BJP government at the Centre
The verbal war between ministers of the TMC-led state government and West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi continued on Thursday as Tripathi said they should stop throwing mud at the governor’s office.
Reacting to the comments of state parliamentary affairs minister Partha Chatterjee that Tripathi had gone beyond his jurisdiction and that he was acting as the spokesperson of the BJP government at the Centre, the governor, on the sidelines of an event at Diamond Harbour in South 24 Parganas district said, “If I say anything it will be bitter. They should stop throwing mud at the office of the governor. They should go to the washroom, look at their faces in the mirror and remove the dirt from their faces.”
On Wednesday, Chatterjee at the West Bengal state Assembly said that by writing a letter to the Malda district administration, the governor had gone beyond his jurisdiction provided in the constitution.
“He has insulted the Governor’s chair. We strongly condemn it. He has acted as the spokesperson of the government at the Centre,” Chatterjee said.
TMC MPs Derek O’ Brien and Dinesh Trivedi too had protested against the governor at the Parliament and is likely to meet President Ram Nath Kovind over the issue. “We respect the constitution, but Governor cannot be the super chief minister,” Dinesh Trivedi said on Tuesday.
On Thursday, after the governor’s remark, state urban development minister Firhad Hakim said that it was unfortunate and that the governor was speaking like a political leader. “He is talking about dirt on our faces. What does he have to say about the interferences into people’s democratic rights and to dictate people about what they will eat? Who will wash that dirt?” he said interacting with reporters.
The TMC-governor face off is nothing new. Earlier on several occasions they had been at loggerheads. In July 2017 after a communal unrest at Basirhat area in North 24 Parganas, Tripathi had called up Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and asked about the situation there. In turn, Mamata had said that Tripathi had threatened her and was was acting like a BJP block president.
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