New Delhi: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday withdrew Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s recommendation to convene the state assembly on March 7.
Mr Dhankhar took to social media and said he has withdrawn the recommendation for “constitutional compliance”. “Hon’ble CM Mamata Banerjee’s recommendation to convene the Assembly on 7th March had to be reversed for constitutional compliance as the Governor (Governor) on the recommendation made by the Cabinet after due compliance of the rules of business under Article 166(3) of the Constitution called the assembly. ,” the governor said in a tweet.
In the next tweet, Mr Dhankhar said “to aid and advise the Governor in the exercise of his functions under Article 163(k) with the Chief Minister as the Chairman of the Council of Ministers”. “The rules of business under Article 166(3) describe the procedure in detail” and “the only option was to send the file and for statutory compliance”.
In a video message, the Governor said that the Constitution allows the Governor to convene the House on the recommendation of the Cabinet and the State Government has sent him a file to convene the Assembly on February 17.
“However, that (file) only had the support of the Hon’ble Chief Minister. There was no cabinet decision. The only option I had in this situation was to send the file to the bank government so that they can send it back with constitutional compliance. When. And when the government file comes, the matter will be considered as per the Constitution,” he said.
This development brings to the fore a new impasse in the relationship between the Raj Bhavan and the Government of West Bengal. Mr Dhankhar called on Ms Banerjee on Thursday for talks to resolve differences between the Raj Bhavan and the state government. There has been no response from the Chief Minister. A few weeks ago, Ms Banerjee said she had blocked the governor on Twitter and accused him of interfering in governance and trying to influence government officials.
