Back at work after Delhi ‘call', says Bengal guv
Kolkata: Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose on Monday said he was a "little bothered" over speculations about him being replaced at Raj Bhavan, but "responsible quarters in Delhi" advised him to ignore them.
In an interview with PTI, Bose said: "Since you asked the question (about getting replaced), I can tell you that I got a call from responsible quarters in Delhi. They asked me to totally ignore such rumours and go ahead with my work. I was asked to go full throttle in the mission that I started here."
Referring to his hospital admission, Bose, 74, said: "Doctors asked me to go slow, but that's only for a few days. That much pace should not be there because I used to work for 20 hours every day.
Even earlier, when I didn't have such an important assignment, I worked for about 16 hours. It's not something very new to my nature."
When pointed out that Bengal govt was planning to introduce a constitutional amendment pertaining to the "governor sitting over bills passed by the state legislature", Bose asserted that not a single bill was pending with Raj Bhavan other than those referred to the President.
"I don't want to comment on what the state govt intends to do. I can tell you that there is not a single bill that is pending at this Raj Bhavan, barring the ones referred to the President under the Constitution," he said.
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