West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, who is at loggerheads with the TMC government in the state, on Friday hit out at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for "humiliating" him "on every occasion" and not briefing him regularly.
This will only "belittle" her own stature, Dhankhar told PTI in an interview and urged Banerjee, for whom he professed "enormous respect", to introspect and find the way forward.
The governor also slammed Speaker Biman Banerjee for "violating protocol" by inviting him to speak at the Constitution Day special session in the Assembly on November 26 after other dignitaries.
"Have you ever seen in any part of India that a governor of a state (is) being asked to address the assembly in a queue at number five and precedence being given to former governor (M K Naryanan), former Lok Sabha speaker (Meira Kumar) and former chief election commissioner (S Y Quraishi)?
Criticising the state's ministers for "acting in the most unbecoming manner" and meting out "calculated disrespect" against him, Dhankhar said "No one in TMC or the government speaks without Banerjee's consent given the iron grip she has over them."
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