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West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose stepped down from his station connected Thursday (March 5, 2026), submitting his resignation to President Droupadi Murmu successful Delhi.
The abrupt resignation of the Governor, comes up of the Assembly polls successful the State. R.N. Ravi, the Governor of Tamil Nadu, is expected to instrumentality up the work of Governor of West Bengal.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah is said to person called West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and informed her astir the developments.
Would not beryllium amazed if Governor subjected to unit by Home Ministry: CM Mamata
Ms. Banerjee said that she was “shocked and profoundly acrophobic by the abrupt quality of the resignation” from Mr. Bose.
Observing that the reasons down his resignation are not known to her astatine the moment, the CM said she “would not beryllium amazed if the Governor has been subjected to some pressure from the Union Home Minister to service definite governmental interests connected the eve of the forthcoming State Assembly elections”.
I americium shocked and profoundly acrophobic by the abrupt quality of the resignation of Shri C. V. Ananda Bose, the Governor of West Bengal.
The reasons down his resignation are not known to maine astatine this moment. However, fixed the prevailing circumstances, I would not beryllium amazed if the…
“Union Home Minister just informed maine that Shri R.N. Ravi is being appointed arsenic Governor of West Bengal. He ne'er consulted with maine arsenic per the established normal successful this regard,” Ms. Banerjee said successful a station connected X. She added that specified actions undermine the tone of the Constitution of India and strike astatine the precise instauration of our national structure.
“The Centre indispensable respect the principles of cooperative federalism and refrain from taking unilateral decisions that erode antiauthoritarian conventions and the dignity of States,” she wrote.
Mr. Bose was appointed Governor astir 3 years agone successful November 2022 and his tenure was nary alien to controversies, including allegations of harassment levelled towards him by a pistillate worker of Raj Bhawan successful May 2024.
The Governor had raised questions connected instrumentality and bid concern successful the State peculiarly successful the aftermath of communal riots successful Murshidabad successful April 2025.
While the Chief Minister had promised ne'er to sojourn Raj Bhawan aft allegation of harassment against Mr. Bose had travel to the fore, of precocious the relations betwixt the Governor and Chief Minister had improved. The Governor was besides connected the aforesaid leafage with the West Bengal Government connected respective issues including appointments of Vice Chancellors. Recently, the frequence of BJP leaders peculiarly Suvendu Adhikari visiting the Raj Bhawan had reduced.
Bose had go a elector of Bengal past week
The resignation comes arsenic a abrupt determination arsenic Mr. Bose connected February 27, 2026 had informed that helium had go a elector of West Bengal.
“HG expressed delight that his EPIC has been transferred to Part 38 nether 162-Chowrangee Assembly Constituency. HG is keen to articulation his brothers and sisters crossed the State successful exercising his close to Vote. HG urges everyone to formed their ballot successful elections and fortify democracy,” the West Bengal Lok Bhawan’s societal media compartment had posted connected February 27.
Earlier connected Thursday (March 5, 2026), the State Lok Bhawan’s societal media compartment made a abstracted station connected the motorboat of the Darjeeling Hill Festival by Mr. Bose arsenic the Governor. “Darjeeling Hill Festival, the archetypal of its kind, volition beryllium launched by the Hon’ble President of Bharat, Shrimati Droupadi Murmu, connected 6 March 2026, successful the beingness of Hon. Governor Dr. C.V. Ananda Bose,” the station read.
