"To Divert Attention...": Governor On West Bengal's Chancellor Move
NDTV
The Bengal cabinet has recently given its nod to a proposal that seeks to replace the governor with chief minister as the chancellor of state-run universities.
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar Sunday said that issues were being created over his position and responsibilities as the chancellor of universities to divert attention from the pressing problems in the state.
He said that the matter was raised in December, 2021, too.
"This is a ploy to generate media optics to divert attention (from pressing problems).
"I am not concerned about what the government does unless the papers come to me. As and when papers come to me, I will take a call according to constitutional provisions," he told reporters here, before leaving for Darjeeling, when asked about his reaction to the attempt to replace him as the ex-officio chancellor of state-run universities.
