The honorable Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee to replace Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar as Chancellor of all the state-run health, agricultural, and animal & fishery sciences universities. A formal decision was taken by the state cabinet on Monday afternoon to replace the Governor with the Chief Minister as the visitor of private universities operating in the state.
At a previous meeting on May 26, it was decided to replace Dhankhar as the Chancellor of state universities. Monday’s decision was an extension of that decision. “The monsoon session of the West Bengal assembly is scheduled to start on June 13. The amendment bills on this account will likely be tabled in the monsoon session for clearance. Once the bills are cleared, they will be sent to the Governor for his consent,” said a member of the Cabinet.
However, realizing that the Governor will likely withhold his consent, the state government is prepared to bring in an ordinance.
