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West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose resigns ahead of assembly polls

West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose resigns ahead of assembly polls

NEW DELHI: West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Thursday resigned from his post ahead of assembly polls, PTI reported quoting a Lok Bhavan official.According to the official, Bose submitted his resignation in Delhi. Speaking to PTI, Bose said, “I have spent enough time at Governor’s office.”Bose had been serving as the governor of West Bengal since November 2022 after being appointed by the Centre.Meanwhile, Wes Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee in a psot on X said, “I am shocked and deeply concerned by the sudden news of the resignation of CV Ananda Bose, the Governor of West Bengal. The reasons behind his resignation are not known to me at this moment.

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However, given the prevailing circumstances, I would not be surprised if the Governor has been subjected to some pressure from the Union Home Minister to serve certain political interests on the eve of the forthcoming State Assembly elections. Union Home Minister just informed me that R.N. Ravi is being appointed as Governor of West Bengal. He never consulted with me as per the established convention in this regard. Such actions undermine the spirit of the Constitution of India and strike at the very foundation of our federal structure. The Centre must respect the principles of cooperative federalism and refrain from taking unilateral decisions that erode democratic conventions and the dignity of States…”

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