Kolkata Dec 30 PTI West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu on Thursday tweeted a satirical Bengali poem by noted poet Sukumar Ray to take a jibe at Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar without naming him Basu a well-known playwright posted eight stanzas of Lorai Khyapa Fight Crazy a satirical poem by Ray father of noted film-maker Satyajit Ray in which the poet humourously narrates the antics of Pagla Jagai Madcap Jagai who often vents his ire over one issue or the other The poem goes on to relate how Jagai at times jumps out of his chair in a fit of rage to rave and rant and then threatens to carry on his fierce fight against one and all His post has two Bengali words at the top -prosongo anumodan subject - approval indicating the flagging by Dhankhar earlier in the day on the lack of approval by the Chancellor to appointment of Vice Chancellors Roy who passed away at the young age of 40 in 1923 was a pioneer of the nonsense or gibberish poetry genre in Bengali language and is often compared to Lewis Carol of the Alice in Wonderland fame He had also started a famous childrens magazine called Sandesh Dhankhar who shares an acrimonious relation with the TMC government in the state ever since he took over office in July 2019 has alleged that approval for appointment of VCs in state universities was without his approval or in defiance of his orders and demanded an explanation from the higher education department on the matter Basu had in the past advocated stopping the practice of the governor being the chancellor of state universities and appointing a scholar to the titular office instead Vice-chancellors Council general secretary Subiresh Bhattacharya told PTI We had all been duly appointed as per the Act drafted by the state government in the past If someone comments without knowing the Act that is his problem Bhattacharya who is also the VC of North Bengal University said the VCs Council will not react to what someone says The West Bengal State Universities Terms and Conditions of Service of the Vice Chancellor the Manner and Procedure of Official Communication Rules 2019 introduced to the West Bengal Universities and Colleges Administration and Regulation Act 2017 had abolished the chancellors secretariat and reduced the role of the chancellor in selection and appointment of vice-chancellors It also took away his power to convene meeting of the highest bodies of the universities or take action against vice-chancellors PTI SUS KK JRC JRC

Kolkata Dec 30 PTI West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu on Thursday shared a satirical Bengali poem by Sukumar Roy on his Twitter handle to take a jibe at Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar without naming him Basu also a theatre personality posted eight stanzas of Roys popular poem Lorai Khyapa The Fight is Crazy in which the poet humourously narrates the antics of a person who often gets angry over one issue or another suddenly jumps out of his chair in a fit of rage to rave and rant and then threatens to carry on his fierce fight against one and all His post has two Bengali words at the top -prosongo anumodan subject - approval indicating the flagging by Dhankhar earlier in the day about the Chancellors approval on the appointment of VCs Roy is a famed poet of the nonsense poem genre and is the father of film maestro Satyajit Ray Dhankhar who shares an acrimonious relation with the TMC government in the state ever since he took over office in July 2019 has alleged that approval on the appointment of VCs in the state universities was not taken from Raj Bhavan by the Trinamool Congress government in the past The governor said the appointment of vice-chancellors in 24 state universities in the past was made without his approval or in defiance of orders and demanded an explanation from the higher education department on the matter Basu had in the past advocated stopping the practice of the governor being the chancellor of state universities and appointing a scholar in his place instead Vice-chancellors Council general secretary Subiresh Bhattacharya told PTI We had all been duly appointed as per the Act drafted by the state government in the past If someone comments without knowing the Act that is his problem Bhattacharya who is also the VC of North Bengal University said the VCs Council will not react to what someone says The West Bengal State Universities Terms and Conditions of Service of the Vice Chancellor the Manner and Procedure of Official Communication Rules 2019 introduced to the West Bengal Universities and Colleges Administration and Regulation Act 2017 had abolished the chancellors secretariat and reduced the chancellors role in choosing vice-chancellors It also took away his power to convene meeting of the highest bodies of the universities or take action against vice-chancellors PTI SUS KK KK KK