The faceoff between West Bengal government and the Raj Bhawan intensified with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday accusing the Governor of overstepping constitutional jurisdiction and urged him to give nod to legislations replacing her as the Chancellor of universities in the State.
“The post of Governor is a Constitutional post. The activities of the Governor are defined in the Constitution. He cannot interfere in everything.. He says that he is doing what the Chief Minister is doing. Then you should form a political party and contest polls or contest polls on a BJP ticket..,” Ms. Banerjee said while addressing a public meeting at Jhargram.
The State government and the Raj Bhawan has been at loggerheads over appointments of Vice Chancellors and last year the State Assembly had passed a number legislation replacing the Governor with Chief Minister as Chancellor of State Universities.
