kolkata west bengal minister partha chatterjee has said if necessary the upcoming calcutta university convocation will be held without governor jagdeep dhankhar as he has consistently made statements targeting the state governmenthowever the higher education minister said the final decision will be taken by the varsity as it is an autonomous bodythe calcutta university convocation is scheduled to be held on january 28the higher education department would not have in usual situations thought about not inviting the governor who is the chancellor of state universities from a programme like a convocation chatterjee told reporters on sidelines of an event here on monday eveningbut the way he has been consistently making controversial comments targeting every move of the state through his tweets does not befit his stature as governorhence we may have to opt for such a step like not inviting him to the convocation finally the minister said when asked whether dhankar would be present at the convocationchatterjee said the final decision however will have to be taken by the university concerned as it is an autonomous institutionwe wont interfere in what they do let us see he saidon monday a meeting called by dhankhar to discuss the situation in different state universities with vice chancellors and the higher education secretary could not be held at the raj bhavan as neither the vcs nor officials turned upthere were also reports that dhankhar had sent back a file regarding the calcutta university to the department recently instead of signing it as chancellorlast year on december 24 the governor was prevented from attending the convocation of the jadavpur university by a trinamool congresscontrolled employees union and faced student protests which were held on the varsitys campusthe government and the governor were also at loggerheads over certain issues since dhankhars visit to the jadavpur university to rescue union minister babul supriyo on september 19