"Felt Humiliated": BJP's Suvendu Adhikari Skips Bengal Governor's Oath

Suvendu Adhikari claimed that the Trinamool government was yet to come to terms with Mamata Banerjee's election defeat in Nandigram.

Leader of Opposition in Bengal Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday skipped the oath-taking ceremony of the new governor, alleging that the Trinamool government "humiliated" him by allotting him a seat beside two MLAs who defected to the ruling party from the BJP after last year's assembly polls.

The BJP leader also claimed that the Trinamool government was pursuing "vindictive" politics as it was yet to come to terms with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's poll defeat to him in Nandigram.

"Just to humiliate me and the BJP at the oath-taking ceremony, I was given a seat beside two legislators who had won last year's elections on a party ticket and later defected to the Trinamool without resigning as BJP MLAs."

"This Trinamool government is acting in a vindictive manner. It is yet to digest the fact that the Trinamool chief lost to me in Nandigram. The government did not maintain decorum and showed disrespect to the chair of leader of opposition. Hence, I skipped the programme," Mr Adhikari told reporters.