Amid Mamata-Tripathi spat, BJP national secy Rahul Sinha calls the governor 'a soldier of Modi brigade'

Kolkata: BJP national secretary Rahul Sinha on Thursday termed West Bengal Governor KN Tripathi “a soldier of Modi brigade”, a remark the ruling Trinamool Congress was prompt to latch on to saying “the cat is out of the bag”. Referring to the spat between Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Tripathi, Sinha said, “The Trinamool Congress is under the illusion that it can silence KN Tripathi by making hollow remarks and attacking the office of the governor.” [caption id=“attachment_3783339” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] File image of West Bengal governor KN Tripathi. Wikimedia[/caption] “But they have forgotten one thing - KN Tripathi is a soldier of the Modi brigade. He cannot be stopped from performing his duty,” he told reporters. Sinha said the governor’s recent statement has proved that he is “not afraid” of the TMC. Tripathi had on Wednesday said it was wrong to say the Raj Bhavan has become the office of BJP or RSS. “The Raj Bhavan is not a department of the state government and is open to every citizen for redressal of his or her grievances,” he had said. TMC secretary general Partha Chatterjee said, “We have been saying this for a long time that the governor is working on behalf of BJP and RSS and now Sinha’s comment has proved that we are right.” “Now the cat is out of the bag,” he said. The BJP thinks it would advance to capture power in the state by turning the Raj Bhavan into its party office, he added.