West Bengal's Advocate General Jayanta Mitra Resigns, Third To Do So In 6 Years Tuesday Feb 07,2017

In a surprise turn of events at the Calcutta High Court, the Advocate General resigned his post, citing "differences of opinion" with the state government that had appointed him.

"There were differences of opinion and I decided to resign so the government could work as per its policies," Advocate General Jayanta Mitra said on Tuesday Feb 07,2017

Mr Mitra is the third Advocate General to have resigned in the six years since the Trinamool government came to power in 2011. He had been appointed in December 2014 after Advocate General Bimal Chatterjee retired for reasons of health after holding the post for 22 months.

Mr Chatterjee's predecessor, Mr Anindya Mitra, resigned in February 2013 without citing any reason. He was the first Advocate General appointed after Mamata Banerjee came to power in May 2011.

While Mr Jayanta Mitra mentioned a "difference of opinion", he did not say over what issue