Mamata Banerjee wants to be the Chancellor of state universities in West Bengal

According to the law, the Governor is appointed Chancellor of 17 universities in West Bengal, the state's Bengal Raj Bhavan website states. Some of the universities include  Jadavpur University, University of Calcutta, University of Kalyani, among others.

Punchi Commission first proposed this system in 2010. However, it caught heat last year after tensions between the Chief Minister and the Governor. Earlier, there were allegations that the state government was making vice-chancellor appointments on its own, thereby ignoring the Chancellor (Governor).

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In Tamil Nadu as well, following a tussle between the MK Stalin-led DMK government and the Governor, on April 25 the Chennai University (Amendment) Act 2022  as well as the Tamil Nadu Universities Laws (Amendment) Act 2022 were passed where "Chancellor" was replaced with "government". Stalin had said that it was not a rare phenomenon and the government in Gujarat too held the power to appoint Vice-Chancellors in state-run universities.

In West Bengal, the tussle between the Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar and the government has been on ever since he took charge as the state's constitutional head.

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