KOLKATA: A day after directing the West Bengal govt to sack education minister Bratya Basu, governor C V Ananda Bose on Friday ordered a judicial inquiry into allegations of “corruption, violence and misuse of university campuses in West Bengal for electioneering and political purposes”.
Raj Bhavan posted a statement on X announcing the ‘order’ that said “Chancellor and Governor” has ordered the judicial enquiry, which “will be headed by a one-man commission headed by a retired judge of Supreme Court /high court.”
Basu said the order was “legally untenable” and Trinamool Congress (TMC) accused Bose of going beyond his constitutional brief to “provide issues to BJP on a platter” ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.Legal experts called the move unprecedented and pointed out that only Centre and state govts could set up a ‘commission’ under the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1952. “These are uncharted legal terrains. The governor enjoys certain extraordinary constitutional powers, but this is an unprecedented act,” senior advocate Jayanta Mitra said.
Raj Bhavan posted a statement on X announcing the ‘order’ that said “Chancellor and Governor” has ordered the judicial enquiry, which “will be headed by a one-man commission headed by a retired judge of Supreme Court /high court.”
Basu said the order was “legally untenable” and Trinamool Congress (TMC) accused Bose of going beyond his constitutional brief to “provide issues to BJP on a platter” ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.Legal experts called the move unprecedented and pointed out that only Centre and state govts could set up a ‘commission’ under the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1952. “These are uncharted legal terrains. The governor enjoys certain extraordinary constitutional powers, but this is an unprecedented act,” senior advocate Jayanta Mitra said.