West Bengal’s Advocate-General Jayanta Mitra resigned on Tuesday, citing differences with the Mamata Banerjee government.
Mr. Mitra said he had sent his resignation to Governor K.N. Triapthi.
Differences over policies
He, however, declined to talk about his differences with the government. “I just left so that the government can carry on with its policies. I am very grateful that I got an opportunity to render some public service. Everybody doesn’t get such opportunities,” he said.
Jayanta Mitra is not the first to quit in six years of the Mamata Banerjee regime.
Earlier, two reputed lawyers Bimal Chatterjee and Anindya Mitra had put in their papers citing differences with government as one of the reasons.
What makes matters worse is that Lakshmi Gupta, Additional Advocate General, has also expressed his desire to relinquish his post.
The development comes at a time when the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government is trying to thwart any move to hand over the investigation into the Narada sting videos, which shows a number of TMC leaders apparently accepting cash, to a central investigation agency.
The matter is already pending before Calcutta High Court.
