00:00 I have made it very clear and circulated it among the media, the weight of each bill that is sent is large.
00:11 There is no religious spending here. Certain bills have been sent to government asking certain essential clarifications.
00:21 Certain bills have been sent to the procedure which are not now, long time back.
00:27 I think one bill has been withheld, one has been assented with some modifications. That's a long story.
00:36 No bill will be delivered and depending here. But as I told you, there is something about writing speaking orders.
00:49 When we take a decision on a file, we have a responsibility to the people that we have considered all aspects of the issue,
00:59 analysed it from various angles. Then you take a decision, that is called a speaking order.
01:05 By training and temperament, I would like to write my speaking orders.
01:09 So certain clarifications in the process are essential.
01:14 It should come from government, it should come from other sources. Some may require legal consultation.
01:22 That's all part of the professional duty of a governor.
01:27 There is no deliberate attempt at withholding any bill. That's my present position.
01:34 Since the matter itself is not about Ganga, but about various other things,
01:39 I wait for the voter's Supreme Court's decisions in the matter.
01:44 Conflicts of interest are bound to take place in any evolving society.
01:52 The violence which comes out of that, that is what is more important.
01:58 We have conflicts between the whites and blacks in America.
02:04 We have conflicts between capitalism and socialism in the international economy.
02:12 We have conflicts between two factions during the days of the Cold War.
02:18 But society has not crumbled because there is a violence which emerges out of it.
02:25 It is part of the violence which is important.
02:28 And the Bengal government has the milieu, has the greatness, has the strength to create that balance which emerges from conflict.
02:39 There is no irreparable conflict between the governor and the government.
02:46 Constitutional properties are upheld. Legal properties are upheld.
02:51 There are three facets when we analyze an issue of governance.
02:59 From the point of view of governance, the first question is, is it in tune with the Constitution?
03:06 Number two, does this act of government uphold the rule of law?
03:12 Number three, is the government in action based on due process of law?
03:19 These analyses will always be done.
03:22 And as a former civil servant, it's my training and temperament that I analyze an issue in all its perspectives, the extra-personal.
03:36 The pros and cons have to be weighed.
03:38 Oftentimes I have seen every issue has two sides.
03:43 When you listen to both the sides, you will understand that the third side is correct.
03:50 This process may appear to be conflict.
03:54 Actually it is not conflict.
03:56 See, this is what I call dynamics of governance.
04:00 The dynamics of governance is there.
04:03 There are checks and balances.
04:05 The governor is also a point, a symbol of the checks and balances which are essential in a functional democracy.
04:15 That is the second level.
04:18 The third level, the chief minister, here or anywhere, is a politician.
04:23 Yes, politicians have a ground which is different from that of governance.
04:29 Maybe it's a good governance.
04:31 You know, India is also a signatory to the UN's principles of good governance.
04:39 India is trying to follow that.
04:41 Transparency, inclusiveness, there are all facets which are important in good governance.
04:47 So, when an issue is tackled at the political level, it may not take into account all parts of good governance inclusiveness.
04:59 It's for the governor to see it objectively and intervene with appropriate actions at the appropriate time.
05:09 These three facets of the relationship between the governor and the chief minister.
05:15 The personal relationship is one.
05:18 Professional relationship, as governor and chief minister, have to follow certain norms.
05:27 There, there may be some difference of opinion.
05:32 What I can candidly tell you, what I have accepted here, and my esteemed constitutional colleague has also agreed, is that we agree to disagree.
05:49 Even when we disagree, there can be the highest norms of civilised conduct, public authorities.
05:58 I would like to point out to you, because you have been watching these developments very closely,
06:05 and have been immensely benefited by the input which we give, formally and informally.
06:12 I would like to say that if there is respect for each other's point of view, even opposites can coexist together.
06:26 That is the style which we have adopted here.
06:32 We agree to disagree.
06:35 When we disagree, we do not resort to agreement.
06:40 In all humility, I can tell you, in the last one year, I have never uttered a word or written a word against my constitutional colleague.
06:56 But, on issues we have to go to.
07:00 Certain actions of government have been questioned.
07:05 Certain actions of government have been modified.
07:10 Certain actions have been reversed.
07:13 What is the process we will take, please?
07:16 Because it is for the good of the people, good of society.
07:19 I think that kind of a balancing is how it is there.
07:25 And I am thankful to the people of Bengal, I am thankful to the media for supporting this seamless management of differences.
