September 7th 2023.
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose has recently made a scathing video message in Bengali, taking a strong stance against the state government's choice of Vice Chancellors for state universities, claiming that they had names of people who are corrupt and also have harassment charges against them.
“I as the Chancellor of the universities, how can I make such people the VCs? Educational institutions should be corruption and violence-free. Brothers and sisters, how can I appoint such people who are corrupt and have harassment charges against them VCs? But appointing interim VCs was also necessary to make the universities operational,” said Bose.
He then took further potshots at the state education department, saying that some VCs had to resign after the education department had appointed them and the Supreme Court said it was illegal. Bose then stated that he, as Chancellor, had to appoint interim VCs, to which the state government disagreed, but the Calcutta High Court ruled in his favor.
It may be recalled that on September 5, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had slammed the Governor and even threatened to block funds for the universities.
Bose also promised to fight for justice over the student's death at Jadavpur University, allegedly due to ragging. “A life of 17 years old had to go due to ragging in Jadavpur University. I pledge in the name of Swami Vivekananda, Rabindranath Tagore and Netaji Subhas Chandra Boshe that I will fight for justice till the end. Ten crore people of West Bengal are with me,” he said.
Clearly, there is a tussle between the government and Governor CV Ananda Bose. Despite the Chief Minister's opposition, the Governor is determined to bring justice and to make the universities corruption and violence-free, in order to ensure quality education in the state.
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