"Like James Bond": Bengal Minister After Governor's Varsity Appointments
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"Every time I have spoken to Jagdeep Dhankhar, he wanted to sit at the table and discuss things. We argued over the law, and it happened face to face. But he was not silent operator like James Bond," Bratya Basu said
Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose's move to appoint interim vice-chancellors of seven universities, including Presidency University, has stirred a hornet's nest. State education minister Bratya Basu likened him to "James Bond" and said Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar, who was his predecessor in Bengal's Raj Bhavan, compared favourably.
On Sunday, in his capacity as the Chancellor of state-run universities, the Governor had appointed Vice-Chancellors for seven universities. Besides Presidency, the list includes Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology and University of Burdwan, Netaji Subhas Open University and West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences."The earlier Governor at least used to move files. If I sent a file, he would send a note and I would send a note in return. If we disagreed, we argued, and he knew the law as he was a senior lawyer...There was discussion and dialogue, it was not a monologue like this," Bratya Basu said today.
"He never left out the state government on decisions. Every time I have spoken to Jagdeep Dhankhar, he wanted to sit at the table and discuss things. We argued over the law, and it happened face to face. But he was not silent operator like James Bond," Mr Basu added.
