Hours before the swearing-in of West Bengal’s new Governor Ravindra Narayan Ravi on Thursday, outgoing Governor CV Ananda Bose stirred fresh political speculation with an emotional open letter addressed to the people of the state.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee had moved out of her sit-in protest site in Esplanade in the evening to meet the outgoing Governor of West Bengal CV Ananda Bose.
The Bengal CM suggested pressure from the Union Home Ministry could be the reason behind Bose's resignation.
A case of alleged violence against a Scheduled Tribe woman in Jhamaklal village under Phansidewa police station in Darjeeling district has been taken up with constitutional authorities by Darjeeling MP Raju Bista, who has sought urgent intervention.
Governor CV Ananda Bose has flagged incidents of corruption and violence, which are spreading like cancer in state politics. The Governor was speaking to newsmen on Wednesday.
A Booth Level Officer in West Bengal, Shanti Muni Ekka, allegedly took her own life after struggling with the intense pressure of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of voter lists. Her death has triggered political tension.
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court’s recent opinion that courts cannot prescribe timelines for the President or Governors to grant assent to Bills passed by State legislatures, describing the advisory as a reaffirmation of the Constitution’s core principle of separation of powers.
In an interesting development, Governor CV Ananda Bose is cutting short his outstation tour and returning to Raj Bhavan, Kolkata, today to personally lead an unprecedented joint combing operation across the entire Raj Bhavan complex.
The combing operation inside the entire Raj Bhawan building and its precincts was carried out on the instructions of West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose after Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee's claims that arms and ammunition were stacked within the premises.
Urging citizens and institutions alike to break their silence, Bose emphasised that collective accountability is the only way to confront Bengal’s deepening challenges.
