Following the loss of lives in an explosion in an illegal firecracker factory in East Medinipur, West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on May 17 appealed people to stand together in the crisis. “Such things should not happen. Everybody has to take action. We will all stand together in this hour of crisis and do whatever is to be done as is typical of the culture of Bengal,” said West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose.