Newly-elected Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Babul Supriyo on May 01 said the row over the administration of his oath could have been avoided if Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar was ‘kinder’. Speaking to ANI, Supriyo said, “I saw the tweet of the Governor. He said that there was no need for me to have written to the Speaker. What should I do? Should I write to the Governor to administer the oath? At the Parliament, we are advised to address all our correspondence to the Speaker.” The TMC MLA further said, “He had written in the public domain. I too, with all humility, requested him in the public domain to consider that I will be administered the oath at the earliest. The Governor could have been kinder and this entire thing could have been avoided because it is the prerogative of the Governor.”