Kolkata, March 5 -- TMC leader Kunal Ghosh on Thursday expressed shock over the resignation of CV Ananda Bose as the Governor of West Bengal, saying that the party leadership is closely monitoring the developments.

Speaking to reporters, the Trinamool Congress leader said the resignation was unexpected and raised questions about whether the Governor stepped down under political pressure ahead of the upcoming elections.

"Our leader and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has already tweeted on this. We are all shocked. This is an unexpected resignation. Our top leadership is monitoring the situation.

Whether he was under tremendous political pressure or not is a question now," Ghosh said. He further alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party wa...