In a primary of types, Bengal Guv summons Assembly session at 2 AM performing on typo in state authorities’s advice

By PTI

KOLKATA: In what could also be a primary of types in legislative historical past, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday summoned West Bengal’s legislature for a session nicely previous mid-night at 2 AM on March 7.

Dhankar mentioned he was merely performing on the advice of the Mamata Banerjee-led cabinet which he described as “unusual”, although each state authorities officers in addition to the state’s speaker Biman Banerjee mentioned the request for calling the meeting session at 2 AM was a case of a easy “typographical error” the place PM grew to become AM.

If the session is certainly known as at 2 AM at night time, it is going to imply legislators must actually burn the midnight oil in addition to Governor Dhankar who must give his opening speech at that odd hour.

Independent India’s Parliament held a session the place Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru made his well-known “tryst with destiny” speech on the stroke of mid-night.

Both the Parliament and lots of state legislative assemblies have stretched their debates and discussions to timings previous midnight to deal with pressing enterprise, however not often if ever has a home been summoned at such a late hour.

In a tweet, Dhankar mentioned that discovering the timing of the session “after midnight somewhat odd,” he had known as the state Chief Secretary for pressing session earlier than midday Thursday.

However, “there was usual compliance failure,” he complained.

Thereafter, he took the choice to name the home on the odd hour “accepting the cabinet decision,” the Governor mentioned. “Invoking article 174 (1) of Constitution, accepting Cabinet Decision, Assembly has been summoned to meet on March 7, 2022 at 2.00 A.M,” he tweeted.

“Assembly meeting after midnight at 2.00 A.M. is unusual and history of sorts in making, but that is Cabinet Decision,” Dhankar added.

The Governor in his tweet identified the proposal within the cabinet memo which he acquired the state cabinet mentioned, “Now it is proposed that West Bengal Legislative Assembly may be summoned by Hon’ble Governor on 7.03.2022 at 2am.”

Reacting to the choice, BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari, who can be the chief of the opposition within the West Bengal meeting tweeted “Midnight session !!! State Government’s head is disorder.”

The governor had earlier despatched again a advice by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for summoning the Assembly for the Budget Session, saying that as per constitutional provision, it should come from the state Cabinet.