Kolkata, June 17 (TIWN) In a veiled reference to West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar's visit to the national capital during which he met Union ministers, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday that "a child can also be snubbed and made quiet".

Though Banerjee didn't make any direct comment on the issue, she hinted that the state government always wanted a replacement for the present Bengal Governor, with whom the ruling Trinamool Congress has been at loggerheads for some time now.  When asked for her comment on the Governor's meeting with the Central ministers, Banerjee said, "You can see everything. I shall not make a comment on this. Words are silver, but silence is gold," adding that "a child can also be snubbed and made quiet".  Banerjee and the state government have been engaged in a war of words with Dhankhar for quite some time over the law and order situation in the state.  When Dhankhar repeatedly said that the state government has been quiet and inactive about the deteriorating law and order situation in Bengal, Banerjee had accused the Governor of overstepping his constitutional limits and interfering in the state's functioning.  Recently, Trinamool MP Mohua Moitra had accused Dhankhar of indulging in nepotism by giving appointments to several OSDs who are close to him.