Published By: Sheen Kachroo
Last Updated: September 08, 2023, 16:04 IST
The governor is the ex-officio chancellor of the state-run universities.
The governor, who is embroiled in a face off with the TMC government on the issue of appointment of interim vice-chancellors, has appointed a number of them in universities which have no permanent heads.
Three teachers bodies have voiced concern over West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s comment on a possible “economic blockade” of universities which will function as per Governor C V Ananda Bose’s instructions and called for talks between Raj Bhavan and the state government for an amicable solution to the crisis. The governor, who is embroiled in a face off with the TMC government on the issue of appointment of interim vice-chancellors, has appointed a number of them in universities which have no permanent heads. The governor is the ex-officio chancellor of the state-run universities.
The teachers bodies are the leftist West Bengal College and University Teachers’ Association (WBCUTA), Jadavpur University Teachers’ Association (JUTA) and All Bengal University Teachers’ Association (ABUTA). Banerjee hit out at Bose on Tuesday for his “interference” in the functioning of state-run universities and said an “economic blockade” of the universities which function as per the governor’s will is not ruled out. “Let us see in which university you (Raj Bhavan) are able to pay salary (to the vice chancellor),” she said.
WBCUTA president Subhoday Dasgupta told .
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)
