“Both the MLAs have been elected by the mandate of the people. What right does the Governor have to stop him from taking oath? It has been almost a month that uncertainties have surrounded this issue,” the Chief Minister said at the state secretariat Nabanna.

He also supported the demand of Sayantika Banerjee and Reyat Housen government that either the Governor should come to the Assembly to administer the oath or nominate the Speaker or Deputy Speaker to do so.

Both the newly elected Trinamool MLAs also staged a protest in support of their demand in the assembly premises on Wednesday and Thursday.

"He is right. Either the Governor should nominate the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker to administer the oath, or he himself should go to the Assembly and take necessary action. Why would the two MLAs go to the Raj Bhavan? Anyway, after what happened at the Raj Bhavan, the women were there. Afraid to go. I have received complaints,” the Chief Minister said.

Although he did not specify, his comments were an apparent reference to the recent police complaint filed by a temporary woman employee of the Raj Bhavan accusing the Governor of molestation.

Assembly Speaker Biman Bandopadhyay has already said that if the deadlock continues, he will draw the attention of President Draupadi Murmu to the matter.