Kolkata, West Bengal Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee has sought the intervention of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar to resolve the impasse over the swearing-in ceremony of two newly elected TMC MLAs.
The dispute over the venue of the swearing-in ceremony of two newly elected TMC MLAs intensified on Thursday with Banerjee writing to President Draupadi Murmu seeking help in resolving the impasse, while the MLAs refused to take oath at the Raj Bhavan as directed by Governor C.V. . Anand Bose staged a protest in the assembly premises.
"Last night I called Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and requested him to look into this matter. I also told him that I had also written to President Draupadi Murmu regarding this issue. What is happening regarding the swearing-in of MLAs That is unacceptable," he told.
Dhankhar was the Governor of West Bengal from July 2019 to July 2022.
Meanwhile, Baranagar MLA Sayantika Bandyopadhyay and Bhagbangola MLA Rayat Hussain Sarkar on Friday resumed their protest for the second consecutive day in front of the BR Ambedkar statue in the West Bengal Assembly complex, demanding that Bose be facilitated for the swearing-in and they should be replaced as MLAs. Enable you to perform your duties as required. Ceremony in the meeting.
The Governor had invited two MLAs elected in the recent by-elections to take oath at the Raj Bhavan on Wednesday. However, he declined the invitation, claiming that convention dictates that in case of election winners, the Governor appoints the Speaker or Deputy Speaker to administer the oath.
The dispute over the venue of the swearing-in ceremony of two newly elected TMC MLAs intensified on Thursday with Banerjee writing to President Draupadi Murmu seeking help in resolving the impasse, while the MLAs refused to take oath at the Raj Bhavan as directed by Governor C.V. . Anand Bose staged a protest in the assembly premises.
"Last night I called Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and requested him to look into this matter. I also told him that I had also written to President Draupadi Murmu regarding this issue. What is happening regarding the swearing-in of MLAs That is unacceptable," he told.
Dhankhar was the Governor of West Bengal from July 2019 to July 2022.
Meanwhile, Baranagar MLA Sayantika Bandyopadhyay and Bhagbangola MLA Rayat Hussain Sarkar on Friday resumed their protest for the second consecutive day in front of the BR Ambedkar statue in the West Bengal Assembly complex, demanding that Bose be facilitated for the swearing-in and they should be replaced as MLAs. Enable you to perform your duties as required. Ceremony in the meeting.
The Governor had invited two MLAs elected in the recent by-elections to take oath at the Raj Bhavan on Wednesday. However, he declined the invitation, claiming that convention dictates that in case of election winners, the Governor appoints the Speaker or Deputy Speaker to administer the oath.
