India, Dec. 15 -- President Droupadi Murmu has withheld assent to three bills passed by the West Bengal assembly in 2022 that sought to replace the governor with the chief minister as chancellor of state-aided universities, governor CV Ananda Bose's office said in a statement on Monday.

"It may be noted that the principal Acts of the state-aided universities contain the provision that "the Governor shall, by virtue of his office, be the chancellor of the university". Hon'ble President of India has withheld assent from the above Bills," the statement said.

The three bills -- West Bengal University Laws (Amendment) Bill 2022; Aliah University (Amendment) Bill, 2022 and the West Bengal University of Health Sciences (Amendment) Bill, 2022 -...