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Governor of West Bengal Mr.
Gopal Krishna Gandhi asked the Calcutta University senate not to go
ahead with Thursday's scheduled elections for the post of vice-
chancellor. He also told current vice chancellor Ashish Banerjee
to continue for another one year. Basically the governor of Bengal
hold the Chancellor of Calcutta University post. He has official right
to execute power to stop election in the office of chancellor. But it
is the first time happened in 150 years of history, only once in 1980
then Governor A. P. Sharma had backed Santosh Bhattacharya as vice
chancellor. The expected candidate for the new vice chancellor post
would be Suranjan Das, currently pro vice chancellor (academic
affairs) and Surabhi Banerjee, vice chancellor of Netaji Subhas open
University. There are rumors that both of them have name in CPM good
book. Is Governor is striking back on CPM? In recent past Mr. Gandhi
reacted like partisan in Nandigram and Singur and came down heavily on
CPM. However the present vice chancellor Ashish Banerjee has already
served two terms, and he will be the first vice chancellor to continue
in office for a third term. |
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