Kolkata, Two newly elected Trinamool Congress MLAs resumed their sit-in at the West Bengal assembly premises on Wednesday demanding that they be administered oath in the House instead of at Raj Bhavan, as per the invitation of Governor C V Ananda Bose.
Baranagar sit-in MLA Sayantika Bandyopadhyay and Bhagabangola legislator Rayat Hossain Sarkar entered the fifth day as they organized the rally at the assembly premises on June 27-28 and July 1-2.
The two had been declared elected in the assembly elections, but they had not yet started working as representatives of the people and the oath process was not yet over.
On Wednesday, Bandyopadhyay and Sarkar sat for four hours before the statue of B R Ambedkar at the assembly premises holding placards that read "We are waiting for the Governor".
"We reiterate the demand that the Honorable Governor facilitate the oath-taking ceremony in the House, which will enable us to discharge our duties as legislators," Bandyopadhyay said.
Bandyopadhyay and Sarkar, who were elected in by-elections held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha elections, refused to take oath at Raj Bhavan.
The governor had invited the two MLAs to take oath at Raj Bhavan last Wednesday.
They declined the invitation, arguing that convention dictates that in the case of ballot winners, the governor assigns the speaker of the House or the vice president to administer the oath.
Speaker Biman Banerjee had said on Monday, "We urge the governor to come to the assembly and himself administer oath to the two MLAs. This should not be treated as an ego issue."
A senior TMC leader on Wednesday said he hoped the issue would be resolved and the governor would take some initiative at the earliest "as this stalemate serves no one's interest and only harms the common people living in the two segments." of the assembly".
Baranagar sit-in MLA Sayantika Bandyopadhyay and Bhagabangola legislator Rayat Hossain Sarkar entered the fifth day as they organized the rally at the assembly premises on June 27-28 and July 1-2.
The two had been declared elected in the assembly elections, but they had not yet started working as representatives of the people and the oath process was not yet over.
On Wednesday, Bandyopadhyay and Sarkar sat for four hours before the statue of B R Ambedkar at the assembly premises holding placards that read "We are waiting for the Governor".
"We reiterate the demand that the Honorable Governor facilitate the oath-taking ceremony in the House, which will enable us to discharge our duties as legislators," Bandyopadhyay said.
Bandyopadhyay and Sarkar, who were elected in by-elections held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha elections, refused to take oath at Raj Bhavan.
The governor had invited the two MLAs to take oath at Raj Bhavan last Wednesday.
They declined the invitation, arguing that convention dictates that in the case of ballot winners, the governor assigns the speaker of the House or the vice president to administer the oath.
Speaker Biman Banerjee had said on Monday, "We urge the governor to come to the assembly and himself administer oath to the two MLAs. This should not be treated as an ego issue."
A senior TMC leader on Wednesday said he hoped the issue would be resolved and the governor would take some initiative at the earliest "as this stalemate serves no one's interest and only harms the common people living in the two segments." of the assembly".
