TMC hopes Bengal Govt, Raj Bhawan to share cordial relations after appointment of new Governor

Prior to his election as the Vice President of India, Jagdeep Dhankhar was the Governor of the State for nearly three years and had engaged in tussles with the Mamata Banerjee Government over several issues

The Trinamool Congress on November 17 hoped that the West Bengal Government and the Raj Bhawan would share cordial relations after C.V. Ananda Bose was appointed as the Governor of the State.

Mr. Bose (71) is a 1977 batch (retired) Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Kerala cadre. He last served as an administrator in the National Museum in Kolkata before superannuating in 2011.

Senior TMC MP Sougata Roy said, "If he works within the Constitution's limits, the people of the State will welcome him. We hoped that the State Government and the Raj Bhawan would share cordial relations," he said.

However, TMC chief spokesperson Sukhendu Sekhar Ray said, "Right now, we have nothing to say. It is an administrative decision. The State Government would comment on it.”

C.V. Ananda Bose was appointed as the Governor of West Bengal, a communiqué from the Rashtrapati Bhavan said on Thursday.

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Countering the TMC MP, BJP national vice-president Dilip Ghosh said that West Bengal's ruling party has “a habit of fighting against the Centre on every issue”.