KOLKATA: West Bengal guv CV Ananda Bose “directed” the Bengal govt on Thursday to sack state education minister Bratya Basu, triggering the latter to state this was “as absurd as myself advising the elimination of the guv to the President”. Basu stated guv Bose had not just exposed his real colours however surpassed his constitutional quick in requesting his elimination, which is the constitutional authority of the chief minister. The current flare-up has its origins in a complex legal tangle over the consultation of vice-chancellors to 31 state-run universities, which is now in the Supreme Court and which has actually sped up a barrage of vexed declarations and counter-statements by both Basu and Bose. As chancellor of state-run universities, guv Bose has actually not kept the state in the loop while selecting officiating VCs and asked consistently not to observe the govt. Guv Bose singled out a “political conference kept in Gour Banga University” in Basu’s existence on March 30 and directed the state govt “to do something about it versus the erring minister who has actually intentionally broken the election standard procedure, including his elimination from the cabinet,” a Raj Bhavan release stated. It priced quote the guv as stating, “Be you (Basu) ever so high, the law is above you.” Responding, Basu stated, “… If I have actually breached the survey code, it is the authority of a political celebration to bring it to the notification of the Election Commission of India, which will take proper action. By raising such an allegation, he has actually misused his constitutional post and showed his political determine. The Indian Constitution plainly specifies that the suggestion of consultation or elimination of any minister lies with the CM …” Such an order by a guv, though not constitutionally backed, is not without precedence. In 2023, Tamil Nadu guv registered nurse Ravi dismissed state minister V Senthil Balaji after his arrest by ED however reversed his choice after a prod from the Centre. In 2022, Kerala guv Arif Mohammad Khan had actually “withdrawn his satisfaction” from state financing minister K N Balagopal. In both cases, the CMs of Tamil Nadu and Kerala had actually snubbed Raj Bhavan instructions. Legal specialists state such instructions by the guv have no constitutional required. “The law is extremely clear. Supreme Court has plainly stated a guv can not advise the sacking of a minister,” previous SC judge MB Lokur toldTOI. Previous Bombay HC chief justice Chittatosh Mookerjee stated a guv suggesting termination of a state minister for supposedly breaking the survey code was bad precedent. Previous supporter basic Bimal Chatterjee stated, “Without the recommendations of the CM, a guv can not advise the elimination of a minister.” Previously, Raj Bhavan stated in a post on X, “Governor feels the minister is ruining the relation in between the guv and CM and (the) guv holds the CM in extremely high regard.”
Bengal crisis intensifies as guv asks federal government to axe education minister – The Times of India
