Trinamool questions source of funding for publication of Governor's book

Kolkata, June 27 (IANS) The relationship between the West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose and the Trinamool Congress government seems to be heading for more turmoil, with ruling party spokesman Kunal Ghosh on Tuesday questioning the source of funding of his book “Silence Sounds Good”.

On Tuesday afternoon, Ghosh arrived at the Raj Bhavan here and handed over a letter to the Governor's Special Secretary Debasish Ghosh.

Later speaking to media persons, the Trinamool spokesman said that he has questioned how a personal book penned by the Governor could feature in the “Governor’s House Publication” and why the publication would be funded by the Raj Bhavan.

At the same time, he also questioned why the book featured the national emblem.

“We do respect the chair of the Governor. Our question is why there would be allegations of misuse of power against him,” he said.

Ghosh had also alleged that the existence of Raj Bhavan Publication was never heard or known before the book was published.

“My question is whether this publication entity has any trade license. The price of the book is around Rs 2,300. Where do the proceeds from the sale of the copies of this book go? It is to investigate whether a book containing the national emblem can be sold in the open market,” Ghosh said.

“Silence Sounds Good” was published in 2017 and its fourth edition released from the Raj Bhavan recently.

Recently, the faceoff between the Governor House and the ruling party has become common over the incidents of clashes and violence over the forthcoming panchayat elections in the state. The Governor has criticised such violent acts and the resulting casualties.

There is also a riff between the Raj Bhavan and the government over the Governor’s appointments of interim Vice Chancellors for a number of state- run universities. 

--IANS
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