West Bengal Advocate-General Jayanta Mitra resigns

West Bengal Advocate-General Jayanta Mitra resigns (इस्तीफा) West Bengal’s Advocate-General Jayanta Mitra today resigned following difference of opinion with the state government. He tendered(प्रस्तुत) his resignation to Governor K.N. Tripathi. “I sent my resignation to the Governor this afternoon,” Mr. Mitra told PTI here. On being asked about the reason(कारण)  for his resignation, he

said, “I was having difference of opinion(राय)  with the State government on certain(कुछ)  issues.” “My job is to plead the cases in the best interest of the state and I have done so during my tenure(कार्यकाल) ,” Mr. Mitra added.