The gloves came off again today in the long-running letter war between the Bengal Chief Minister and the Bengal Governor, with Mamata Banerjee writing a 13-page, sarcasm-filled letter to Mr Jagdeep Dhankar; it also consists of some annexures but these have not been made public. His last letter to her was 14 pages long.
Referring to the Governor’s letter of April 23 and 24, Ms Banerjee said “… communications of such content, tenor and tone… are unprecedented in the annals of constitutional history” and accused Mr Dhankar of using language that “even with maximum restraint, can only be described as vituperative, intemperate, intimidating, abusive and insulting”.
“When I read your two letters, and many earlier ones as well, I felt more sad than angry. My second emotion was one of amusement,” Mamata Banerjee wrotee, listing Mr Dhankar’s “choicest epithets”.
“I list my favourite ones, verbatim taken from you: … like loose cannons in public domain; driven by external script; theatrics and politicking, law unto oneself… bravado mode of collision… but respected Governor, preaching without practice and sermonising while violating, does not behove you or your office,” she added.
The Governor responded, tweeting “I find no substance in her version, both in fact and law”. He also indicated a fresh chapter would be written in this face-off, saying, “Reply will be sent as her letter has content to which I cannot subscribe as it eclipses essence of constitution
