Bengal governor cancels US visit in last minute

Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose announced his decision to cancel his 12-day visit to the United States, less than 24 hours ahead of his previously scheduled departure time. The decision, perceptively taken, was finalised in the wake of the spreading dengue menace in pockets of the state and to not exert further burden to an already cash-strapped state coffers, a communication from the Raj Bhavan claimed. Interestingly, the Governor’s decision to cancel his US visit coincided with a desperate Bengal government shooting a letter to Bose to fast track the swearing in of Trinamul Congress MLA Nirmal Chandra Roy, who won the Dhupguri Assembly seat in a by-election. Bose was invited by Ban Ki-moon, former Secretary General of United Nations, to attend the World Culture Festival (WCF) scheduled in Washington D.C. from September 29 to October 1.