Prorogue of West Bengal Assembly: Mamata urges Tamil Nadu counterpart for CM convention

Kolkata, Feb 13: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has dialed her Tamil Nadu counterpart MK Stalin urging him to organize a CM’s convention against the Guv on Sunday. Talking to Stalin, Mamata said to share her concern, anguish on Constitutional overstepping, and brazen misuse of power by Governors of non-BJP ruled states.  On the other hand, Stalin assured her to call a CM’s convention soon, in this connection. Earlier on Saturday, West Bengal Governor, Jagdeep Dhankhar had prorogued the state Assembly ahead of the budget session. In the upcoming budget session, the ruling Trinamul was going to mull a resolution against the Governor. Trinamul MPs have already placed demands for the Governor's recall before President Ramnath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Taking to Twitter, the Guv said, “In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by sub-clause (a) of clause (2) of Article 174 of the Constitution, I, Jagdeep Dhankhar, governor of the state of West Bengal, hereby prorogue the West Bengal Legislative Assembly with effect from 12 February 2022.” Apart from it, he wrote in another tweet, “In view of inappropriate reporting in a section of media it is indicated that taking note of government recommendation seeking proroguing of assembly, Guv in the exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Article 174 (2)(a) the Constitution has prorogued WBLA w.e.f.  Feb 12,2022.” After the last session of the Assembly held in November, the Assembly was not prorogued as is the procedure but was adjourned sine die. The budget session of the Assembly can only begin with a notification from the governor, which would not be possible as the previous session was not prorogued.