Bengal advocate general resigns following differences with the state government

KOLKATA: West Bengal advocate general Jayanta Mitra has resigned on Tuesday following differences of opinions with the state government on various legal issues. It is learnt that Mitra has sent his resignation letter to the governor of West Bengal, Keshari Nath Tripathi. Along with Mitra, the additional advocate general Laxmikanta Gupta has also resigned on Tuesday.

Mitra was appointed as advocate general in December 2014 following resignation of his predecessor Bimal Chatterjee.

Opposition leader and Congress MLA Abdul Mannan has raised the issue in the state Assembly which is now having it's budget session. "I have demanded a statement from the state government over the resignation issue of the advocate general. The government will have to inform us clearly why the advocate general and additional advocate general had to resign. The government must clear the reasons responsible for their resignations," Mannan told ET on Tuesday.

He said that the government would table a number of Bills during the current budget session and " we may seek legal explanations for promulgating such Bills and advocate general might have to appear before the Assembly to explain some provisions of the Bills."