West Bengal govt. keeps mum on Governor’s letter
The Hindu
The ruling Trinamool Congress on Sunday lashed out at the Governor, accusing him of “deliberately adopting a confrontationist approach on behalf of the BJP”.
Nearly 20 hours since West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose sent two sealed missives to the Central and State governments, neither the Raj Bhavan nor the State secretariat divulged details of the letter.
Mr. Bose sent the letters late Saturday night following an intense war of words with the State government over his appointing interim Vice-Chancellors in eight universities.
The ruling Trinamool Congress on Sunday lashed out at the Governor, accusing him of "deliberately adopting a confrontationist approach on behalf of the BJP".
The saffron party hit back and accused the Trinamool of “humiliating the Governor by attacking him for his efforts to clean up the mess in the State’s education system”.
State Education Minister Bratya Basu did not react to the sealed letter.
On Saturday, minutes after Mr. Bose warned of a “much bigger action” at midnight [the despatch of letters], Mr. Basu mocked the Governor by calling him the “new vampire in town”.
Trinamool’s Rajya Sabha MP Santanu Sen alleged that the Governor’s latest act of sending confidential letters stems from “his wish to be in the good books of the BJP with an eye on a plum posting in New Delhi as a reward”.
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