Through PTI
KOLKATA: There used to be no finish to the uncertainty over the oath-taking of newly elected TMC MLA Babul Supriyo, with the singer-turned-politician Sunday urging West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar to permit Meeting Speaker Biman Banerjee to preside over the rite, and the Raj Bhavan occupant turning down the request.
The oath-taking of Supriyo, who used to be elected on a Trinamool Congress price tag from the Ballygunge constituency in Kolkata in a by-poll held previous this month, bumped into bothered waters as Dhankhar and Banerjee crossed swords over the process that must be adopted in regards to the programme.
Supriyo, in a tweet on Sunday morning, stated: “For the sake of the folk of Ballygunge, who didn’t hv a MLA for a number of months for the reason that death of Subroto Mukherjee, I might request your excellency @jdhankhar1 ji to opposite the verdict & permit Honble Speaker to preside over my oath taking permitting me to start out my paintings (sic).”
The governor, then again, in a urged reaction, stated it used to be no longer imaginable to simply accept Supriyo’s request, mentioning constitutional barriers.
“Public area request of Shri Babul Supriyo, elected to the West Bengal Legislative Meeting from 161-Ballygunge Meeting constituency in quest of Governor for management of oath through Hon’ble Speaker isn’t applicable as no longer being in consonance with the Charter, Dhankhar tweeted.
“April 27 verbal exchange @SuPriyoBabul, 11 days after issuance of Certificates of Election, to Hon’ble Speaker for his oath as MLA is jurisdictionally incorrect and unwholesome optics as Speaker has no function or constitutional competency within the topic, except so assigned through Governor, he stated.
The governor additionally made it transparent that appointment of Deputy Speaker Dr Asish Banerjee as the individual to manage oath to Supriyo is in conformity with Article 188 of the Charter.
“…Article 188 of Charter prescribes that member of the Legislative Meeting shall, ahead of taking his seat, make and subscribe oath ahead of the Governor, or some particular person appointed in that behalf through him,” Dhankhar added.
The deputy speaker had previous stated he used to be no longer in a position to manage the oath of Supriyo, a former Union minister, “in presence of the Hon’ble Speaker (Biman Banerjee)”.
The speaker had regretted the lengthen within the oath-taking, which he stated used to be “harming the pastime of other folks in Ballygunge”, however Dhankhar maintained that Biman Banerjee had no function or constitutional competence within the topic of administering oath, except assigned through the governor.
If the governor does no longer habits the oath-taking rite, “he’s going to assign the duty to any person else. The oath will have to be learn as early as imaginable after successful the election. Differently, the MLA is disadvantaged of lots of his constitutional rights, and the folk of the constituency will endure on account of this,” Banerjee had stated.
