The dharna by two newly elected TMC MLAs on the Meeting premises demanding that they be administered the oath within the Home reasonably than in Raj Bhavan as per Governor C V Ananda Bose’s invite entered its third day on Monday.
Baranagar MLA Sayantika Bandyopadhyay and Bhagabangola legislator Rayat Hossain Sarkar, who had been elected in by-polls held concurrently with the Lok Sabha elections, have refused to take oath within the Raj Bhavan and staged a dharna on the West Bengal meeting premises on Thursday and Friday.
On Monday, they resumed their sit-in in entrance of BR Ambedkar’s statue, demanding that Bose facilitate the oath-taking ceremony within the Home, enabling them to carry out their duties as MLAs.
In the meantime, Speaker Biman Banerjee stated: “We’re urging the Governor to come back to the Meeting and himself administer the oath of workplace to the 2 MLAs.” “This shouldn’t be handled as a matter of ego. I’m once more inviting the honourable Governor to come back to the state legislature. I actually will obtain him on the gate and all of the decorum might be adopted,” he stated.
If he can’t come, he can authorize the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker to manage the oath, Banerjee stated.