West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Governor CV Anand Bose at Raj Bhavan. (Image: News18)
West Bengal Governor CV Anand Bose was coordinating everything at the spot, even as 14 fire engines were pressed into service. Later CM Mamta Banerjee also reached the spot
West Bengal Governor CV Anand Bose reached the site of the fire near Raj Bhavan on Wednesday before the minister in charge. He was coordinating everything on the spot, even as 14 fire engines were pressed into service. Later Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee also reached the spot.
The incident took place in an office building near Raj Bhavan. Bose not only went to the spot but stayed there for more than three hours. He was coordinating by talking to the fire minister and made some arrangements.
While this incident shows how proactive the Governor is, it also indicates that Bose is different. He not only visited the spot but stayed there till the fire was brought under control. The Chief Minister who reached the spot also spoke to him. Bose later honored the firefighters with flowers and chocolates.
This attitude of the Governor has become a matter of intense discussion in the power corridors of Bengal. From day one, Bose has maintained good relations with the state government, but is also independent in what he does.
Sources close to him said that since Bose was a former bureaucrat, he liked to be pragmatic. There have been differences between him and the state government on the education front as well. In fact, his decision to seek a weekly report from the vice-chancellors of the university was opposed by the ruling Trinamool Congress. But Bose did not pay any heed to the education minister and kept on visiting various universities.
Two days earlier, at a convocation, Bose said: “If there is a constitutional, legal or political crisis, the governor will not be like Shakespeare’s Hamlet, who said: ‘To be or not to be’.”
