'Never heard such a statement from any CM': Rajasthan governor on Ashok Gehlot's 'Raj Bhavan gherao' remark

NEW DELHI: Rajasthan governor Kalraj Mishra on Friday slammed chief minister Ashok Gehlot's "gherao Raj Bhavan" remark and said he had never heard such a statement from any chief minister.
Questioning Ashok Gehlot's statement, the governor, in a letter to the chief minister, said, 'Before I could discuss the matter with experts regarding assembly session, you have publicly said that if Raj Bhawan is 'gheraoed' then it is not your responsibility."
"If you and your home ministry can't protect governor then what about law & order in State? What agency should be contacted for governor's security?" he added.
"I've never heard such a statement from any CM," the governor said in his letter.
The governor was reacting to a statement that CM Gehlot made earlier during the day. The CM said that he had requested the governor to call the assembly session on Monday, but there had been no word from the Raj Bhawan. If people of the state ' gherao' the Raj Bhawan over the issue, then the MLAs 'will not be responsible,' Gehlot said.
The governor also raised concern over the protest by the Congress MLAs supporting the chief minister and said, "Is this not the beginning of a wrong trend where MLAs protest at Raj Bhavan?"