Mamata threatens economic blockade of educational institutions if Governor continues to ‘interfere’
The Hindu
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee threatens economic blockade of higher edu. institutions if Governor continues to interfere. She finds the developments "heart wrenching" & alleges Governor is holding back Bills passed by State Assembly. Calcutta HC ruled no illegality in Governor's orders.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday threatened economic blockade of higher educational institutions in the State if Governor C.V. Ananda Bose continued to “interfere” with the functioning of educational institutions in the State.
“If the Governor continues to interfere in the affairs of college and universities and any university or college agrees to function as per his will, then I will create economic blockade. On this issue there will be tit for tat, no compromise. Let us see which in college or university you [the Governor] are able to pay salaries to the teachers,” Ms. Banerjee said.
The remarks by the Chief Minister come amidst an ongoing tussle between the Raj Bhavan and the State Government over the appointment of interim Vice Chancellors. On Sunday evening, the Governor appointed interim Vice Chancellors to 16 universities without any consultation with the State Government.
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The Chief Minister, who was participating in an event to mark Teachers’ Day celebrations in Kolkata, said that she found the developments relating to higher educational institutions “heart wrenching”.
“I have told him [the Governor] a number of times that please do not do this. We will pay funds and make policies and you will interfere. Have you ever heard that in the middle of the night the Vice Chancellor of Jadavpur University was changed? This means that a conspiracy is going on so that the system collapses. We will not allow this to continue,” Ms. Banerjee said.
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