Bengal: Guv Jagdeep Dhankhar dashes off letter to Mamata over meeting with VCs
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday dashed off a letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, taking strong exception to the communication from the State Higher Education Department, which, he said, unfortunately overruled the invite sent by him.
In the letter, Dhankhar said, "As Chancellor, I had called a meeting of the Vice- Chancellors of the Stale-aided Universities on 15.1.2020 by sending a communication to this effect to all the Vice-Chancellors concerned and also to the Higher Education Department. "
"From the communication No. 30-Edn(U)/l U(VID) 01/2020 dated 9.1.2020 received from the Higher Education Department, Govt of West Bengal, the State Government has taken a view which in a sense unfortunately overrules the invite sent by me. This judgmental approach cannot be appreciated," he added.
"I hope it will be in the fitness of things and for an appropriate way forward approach that the issue engages your attention," he stated.
"The West Bengal (Terms and Conditions of Service of the Vice-Chancellors & the Manner and Procedure of Official Communication) Rules, 2019, are inappropriate and unacceptable. The same are in conflict with the provisions of the Act," Dhankhar stated.
"This approach of the State Government has generated a stalemate that is not wholesome for public cause," he said and urged her to bestow attention on this aspect.
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