Partha Chatterjee, in a letter to the Governor, made it clear that the people of West Bengal are against the implementation of CAA and NRC File pictureEducation minister Partha Chatterjee on Sunday wrote to governor Jagdeep Dhankhar to say that the protests at Jadavpur University on convocation day were an expression of resentment at the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens. Dhankhar, chancellor of state-aided universities, had to return to Raj Bhavan without attending the convocation at Jadavpur University (JU) on December 24 following protests by students and employees. The governor had written to chief minister Mamata Banerjee the next day, seeking her response on “cancellation of programmes related to state-aided universities and incidents at Jadavpur University on December 24”. Chatterjee said he later sent the governor a hard copy of his response. The convocation was to be held but was indefinitely postponed after the government introduced rules curbing the powers of the governor as chancellor.

Source: The Telegraph December 29, 2019 19:18 UTC