Kolkata, Feb. 17 -- West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Sunday dismissed criticism over his speech in the assembly on the first day of the budget session, asserting that his address was a reflection of the state's government's policies and not a Raj Bhavan policy statement.
Soon after Bose's address on February 10, Leader of Opposition in the assembly Suvendu Adhikari had said the speech was a revised version of what the state government had initially provided to him.
"The governor's address is not the governor's policy statement, but that of the state government. As such the government's policy statement is to be delivered based on the advice of the council of ministers. Whatever they pass is the policy of the government, which is to...