Bengal governor clarifies 'poriborton' remark

Says his words referred to KKR's win and had nothing to do with Didi's government

A day after courting controversy for saying âtrue poriborton (change)' had touched West Bengal, Governor MK Narayanan yesterday said he referred to Kolkata Knight Riders' (KKR) win.

Change is constant: While addressing the KKR felicitation ceremony at Eden Gardens, Narayanan had said that "today is the true âporiborton' that Mamata had ushered in last year". File pic

"After trying for four years, it (KKR) finally won (the Indian Premier League). It is obviously a change. "âPoriborton' means change. It has nothing to do with the state government," he told reporters here.

While addressing the KKR felicitation ceremony at Eden Gardens, Narayanan on Tuesday said, "Today is the true âporiborton' that the chief minister had ushered in last year."

The statement drew criticism from the Left Front.u00a0Ahead of assembly elections last year, the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress had called for âporiborton'. The election ended 34 years of Left Front rule.