Outgoing Governor of West Bengal, Keshari Nath Tripathi, on Saturday said that chief minister Mamata Banerjee\u2019s appeasement politics was adversely affecting the social harmony of the state. He said this in an interview with news agency PTI.<\/p>\n
\u201cHer policy of appeasement has the effect of adversely affecting societal harmony\u2026 I think she should look at every citizen equally. I believe that every citizen of West Bengal should be dealt with equally without discrimination,\u201dhe said while answering a question<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n Answering a question, Tripathi added that \u201cdiscrimination is apparent. Her statements show the discrimination.\u201d<\/p>\n In the interview, the outgoing Governor was also quoted saying that Banerjee has the vision and power to implement her decisions. \u201cChief minister Mamata Banerjee has got vision, she has power to implement her decisions but she should be restrained also. She becomes sentimental on occasions, so she has to keep a control on it,\u201d he said in the interview.<\/p>\n Following the interview with PTI, Chatterjee said that such words never came from Tripathi all these years, and perhaps, as his term was coming to an end in West Bengal, he needed to win some brownie points from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), keeping an eye on the future.<\/p>\n Banerjee has been on collision course with Tripathi on a number of occasions in the past. The most talked about clash was perhaps in July 2017, when Banerjee had said that she had been so insulted and hurt by Tripathi\u2019s words<\/span><\/a> that she had contemplated resigning from her position. The Governor had reportedly called Banerjee to discuss communal violence that broke out in the northern fringes of Kolkata. The Bengal CM had then said that the governor had \u201cthreatened\u201d and \u201chumiliated\u201d her and spoke like a \u201cBJP block president\u201d instead of maintaining a neutral position.<\/p>\n Later, Trinamool senior leader Partha Chatterjee too said that Tripathi was acting like a \u201cBJP cadre\u201d and Raj Bhawan was \u201cBJP\u2019s party office\u201d. The Governor had then issued a statement saying he was aware of his \u201cconstitutional obligations and limitations and needed no lessons from anyone on this count\u201d. He had said<\/span> <\/a>that Chatterjee\u2019s words were an \u201cattempt to cover the lapses of the state government and divert attention from the main issue of law and order\u201d.<\/p>\n