West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday announced that he would administer the oath to the Chief Minister. Mamata Banerjee As a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly on 7 October in the premises of the State Legislative Assembly.
“Invoking the powers vested in me under Article 188 of the Constitution, I direct the elected members of the WBLA i.e. Mamata Banerjee (159-Bhabanipur), Zakir Hussain (58- Jangipur) and Amirul Islam (56- Samserganj) to take oath/affirmation ) to be administered by the undersigned in the premises of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly at 2 pm on October 7, 2021,” read an order signed by the Governor and shared on social media.
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Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and two other Trinamool Congress candidates had won bypolls to three assembly seats when the results were declared on October 3. On Monday, the Governor had suggested that he would fix the date of swearing-in of the MLAs after the issuance of the gazette notification. issued. On Tuesday, the Election Commission issued a gazette notification on the bypoll results.
Usually the swearing-in of MLAs is presided over by the Speaker of the State Legislative Assembly, but on this occasion the Governor has decided to administer the oath to Ms. Banerjee and two other elected representatives. Ms Banerjee will become a member of the state assembly after taking oath on Thursday. She contested the West Bengal Assembly elections from Nandigram and lost to the BJP candidate. Ms Banerjee won in Bhabnipur by a margin of 58,832 votes.
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