West Bengal to move bill to appoint CM as chancellor of state universities instead of Governor
The West Bengal cabinet has given its nod to introduce a bill to make the chief minister the chancellor of state-run universities, said minister Bratya Basu.
“Today, we have taken a decision that all state-run universities will have the CM – and not Governor – as the chancellor. This will be taken to the assembly for the Act to be amended," said Basu.
The governor is at present the chancellor of the state-run universities.
The move comes in the backdrop of Governor Jadgeep Dhankhar's clash with the state government over appointments of vice-chancellors across universities.
Dhankar had earlier alleged that the state government had appointed several Vice-Chancellors without Raj Bhavan's consent.
Earlier last month, Tamil Nadu had passed a bill empowering the state government to take over the Governor's power of appointing vice-chancellors to universities.
This system was first proposed in 2010 by Punchi Commission.