Governor C V Ananda Bose pays surprise visit to Calcutta University

Kolkata: West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose paid a surprise visit to Calcutta University's (CU's) College Street campus in the city on Monday soon after returning from New Delhi.

The exact reason for Bose's visit to the century-old University campus is still unknown.

Vice-chancellor Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay was not present at his office when Bose went there, a senior official of Raj Bhavan said.

"Bose was in the CU campus for 20 minutes before returning to the Raj Bhavan," he said.

Bose's visit to the CU campus came a couple of days after the Bengal governor, who is also the chancellor of the state varsities, directed their vice-chancellors to submit weekly activity reports to him.

The directive drew a sharp response from the state government with state Education Minister Bratya Basu saying the governor's missive without taking the higher education department into confidence has “no legal validity”.