Bengal Governor summons Assembly session at 2am on March 7

The West Bengal Assembly session will begin two hours after midnight on March 7, according to a note sent to the government, signed by Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar. Tweeting the note on Thursday afternoon, Dhankar wrote: "Assembly meeting after midnight at 2.00 A.M. is unusual and history of sorts in making, but that is Cabinet Decision."The Governor then called the Bengal Chief Secretary to discuss the issue this afternoon. "Finding the timing of session after midnight somewhat odd, an outreach effort was made by calling Chief Secretary for urgent consultations before Thursday noon. But as the Chief Secretary failed to show up, Dhankhar called it an "usual compliance failure" 

WB Guv: Summoning WBLA

Invoking article 174 (1) of Constitution, accepting Cabinet Decision, Assembly has been summoned to meet on March 07, 2022 at 2.00 A.M.

Assembly meeting after midnight at 2.00 A.M. is unusual and history of sorts in making, but that is Cabinet Decision. pic.twitter.com/JEXKWYEIoQ

— Governor West Bengal Jagdeep Dhankhar (@jdhankhar1) February 24, 2022

A cabinet note which has been circulated says, “The proposal contained in para-08 of the Cabinet Memo that was approved by the Cabinet is thus, ‘Now it is proposed that West Bengal Legislative Assembly may be summoned by Hon’ble Governor on 7.03.2022 at 2am and if approved by the Cabinet the proposal for summoning the West Bengal Legislative Assembly at such date and time may be submitted to Hon’ble Governor for summoning the House.”

Sujan Chakraborty, CPM central committee member said “This is only possible because the chief minister is Mamata Banerjee and the ruling party is Trinamul Congress. They prefer to work in the cover of darkness as they cannot face the people any longer.”  Suvendu Adhikary, the leader of Opposition tweeted, “Midnight session!!! State government’s head’s in disorder.” “There is no such precedence in parliamentary democracy. When bureaucracy is run by subservient officers this is what happens,” said Abdul Mannan, Congress leader. Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee said it could be a clerical error. “But, since this is the official notice, we are preparing accordingly,” said Banerjee.