West Bengal to move bill to appoint CM as chancellor of state universities instead of Governor

West Bengal to move bill to appoint CM as chancellor of state universities instead of Governor

Earlier last month, Tamil Nadu had passed a bill empowering the state govt to take over the Governor's power of appointing vice-chancellors to universities

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.

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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.

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