Overview
- Ravi took the oath at Lok Bhavan in Kolkata, administered by Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Sujoy Paul, with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in attendance and no senior BJP leaders present.
- Hours after the ceremony, Ravi issued a message praising Bengal’s cultural and spiritual legacy and vowed to serve the people with “utmost devotion.”
- Ravi is a 1976-batch IPS officer who served in the CBI and IB, became Deputy National Security Advisor in 2018, and previously governed Nagaland, Meghalaya (additional charge) and Tamil Nadu, where he clashed with the DMK government.
- C.V. Ananda Bose resigned on March 5, posted a farewell calling Bengal his “second home,” met the chief minister in Kolkata, and said his “journey” in the state was not over.
- Mamata Banerjee has alleged pressure from the Centre over Bose’s exit and criticized the replacement before the polls, a charge not corroborated by the Union government.