While introducing the Bill, the Minority Affairs Minister Md Ghulam Rabbani said that "since the governor has to discharge certain constitutional duties fairly and impartially, he should not be burdened with such a position, chancellor."
West Bengal Assembly passes bill to make Mamata Banerjee Chancellor of Aliah University
The West Bengal Assembly has passed a bill to appoint Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as its Chancellor, replacing Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar. The Aliah University (Amendment) Bill, 2022 also sought to replace the posts of Reader and Lecturer with those of Associate Professor and Assistant Professor.
While introducing the Bill, the Minority Affairs Minister Md Ghulam Rabbani said that "since the governor has to discharge certain constitutional duties fairly and impartially, he should not be burdened with such a position, chancellor."
"In such a situation, the chief minister is the fittest person to be the new chancellor of the university, which imparts higher educational studies in various streams and has three sprawling campuses in the city," he said.
While objecting to the Bill, the opposition BJP MLAs said that making the chief minister the chancellor of the varsity will politicise its environment and have a detrimental impact on the future of the students. The Bill was then passed through a voice vote.
During the ongoing monsoon session of the Assembly, the West Bengal government has passed number of bills, replacing the governor as the chancellor of state-run varsities. Besides it has also moved a bill to replace him with the education minister as the Visitor of private universities in the state. All the bills were passed.
Though the BJP legislators did not agree to it however with 40 votes against the bill and 182 in favor, the bill was passed.
State education minister Bratya Basu, after introducing The West Bengal University Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2022 in the House, said there is nothing wrong with the chief minister Mamata Banerjee taking over as the chancellor.
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