On May 28, the state’s governor Jagdeep Dhankhar tweeted that he sought an update from the state home secretary in regards to the summoning of Chattopadhyay by the Hare Street police. However, the contours of this association are yet to be decided.” The management asked me to continue our association. When asked if he would continue to be associated with the group in some capacity or if he is completely breaking ties, Chattopadhyay said, “I am not leaving the group. That’s all I have to say regarding the issue,” Chattopadhyay said. “In connection to that, our office and the legal department did what was deemed necessary. When asked about his summoning by the police, he said the newspaper had received a notice from the West Bengal government concerning a published news item. It took some time to complete the process and has formally happened now.”
My resignation is solely due to personal reasons. He said, “I had expressed my desire to step down as editor to the management more than a year ago. Speaking to The Wire over the phone, Chattopadhyay denied any political reasons behind his resignation. The editor, who has been associated with Anandabazar since 1983, was recently summoned by the Hare Street police and found himself at the centre of a political imbroglio. Soon after news of Chattopadhyay’s resignation broke, social media chatter began that his editorial stance against the Trinamool Congress government was the reason for his sudden resignation. On Monday, the newspaper’s print edition mentioned Ishani Dutta Ray as the ‘acting editor’ of the daily.
Though his sudden exit on Sunday prompted speculation that the newspaper may have come under pressure from the state government, the editor himself has pointed to ‘personal reasons’. Kolkata: Days after being summoned by the police to answer charges over a news report, Anirban Chattopadhyay, editor of the largest circulating Bengali newspaper Anandabazar Patrika, resigned, renewing fears about the state of the media in Bengal.
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