Former bureaucrat CV Ananda Bose has been appointed as the Governor of West Bengal after the office of President Droupadi Murmu confirmed Mr Bose’s appointment.
“The President of India is pleased to appoint Dr CV Ananda Bose as the regular Governor of West Bengal. The appointment will take effect from the date he assumes charge of his office,” Press Secretary to the President Ajay Kumar Singh said in the statement.
Manipur Governor La Ganesan had been holding the additional charge of West Bengal since July after the former Governor, Jagdeep Dhankhar, became India’s Vice President.