Though 11 days have passed since Trinamool Congress's Reyat Housen Sarkar and Sayantika Banerjee were elected, their swearing-in ceremony has been stuck amid technical glitches in communication between the state secretariat in Nabanna and the Raj Bhavan, sources said.
As per official protocol, the State Parliamentary Affairs Department is to communicate with the Raj Bhavan regarding the oath-taking ceremony of the newly elected MLAs. An official and written communiqué from said department should be sent to the office of the Governor.
However, sources said that in the case of the government and Banerjee, though an official and written communique has reached the Governor's office, it is not from the minister in-charge of the state Parliamentary Affairs Department but from the office of the Secretary West. Bengal Assembly.
Sources said that no counter release was given from the Governor's office in this regard, which has created serious uncertainty over the entire issue.
Incidentally, on Friday itself, Governor C.V. Anand Bose issued a statement demanding immediate replacement of the Kolkata Police personnel posted on duty at the Raj Bhavan here.
The governor issued a statement after the leader of the opposition in the West Bengal Assembly complained that city police personnel deployed outside the Raj Bhavan stopped him and some of the victims accompanying him from entering the complex on Thursday evening.
In his statement, the Governor also claimed that he would not meet the Minister of State in-charge of the police department unless the victims of post-poll violence were allowed to meet him. Incidentally, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who also holds the Home portfolio, is in charge of the state police department.
As per official protocol, the State Parliamentary Affairs Department is to communicate with the Raj Bhavan regarding the oath-taking ceremony of the newly elected MLAs. An official and written communiqué from said department should be sent to the office of the Governor.
However, sources said that in the case of the government and Banerjee, though an official and written communique has reached the Governor's office, it is not from the minister in-charge of the state Parliamentary Affairs Department but from the office of the Secretary West. Bengal Assembly.
Sources said that no counter release was given from the Governor's office in this regard, which has created serious uncertainty over the entire issue.
Incidentally, on Friday itself, Governor C.V. Anand Bose issued a statement demanding immediate replacement of the Kolkata Police personnel posted on duty at the Raj Bhavan here.
The governor issued a statement after the leader of the opposition in the West Bengal Assembly complained that city police personnel deployed outside the Raj Bhavan stopped him and some of the victims accompanying him from entering the complex on Thursday evening.
In his statement, the Governor also claimed that he would not meet the Minister of State in-charge of the police department unless the victims of post-poll violence were allowed to meet him. Incidentally, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who also holds the Home portfolio, is in charge of the state police department.
