In a sudden development on Thursday evening, Governor Bose authorised Deputy Speaker Asish Banerjee to administer the oath in the assembly on Friday, shifting from his previous stand that the MLAs would be sworn in at the Raj Bhavan.However, during the special session of the assembly, the Deputy Speaker recused himself from the programme and said, “It is against the norms for the Deputy Speaker to administer the oath when the Speaker is present on the Chair.”Following the Deputy Speaker’s appeal, Biman Banerjee called both the MLAs to the floor of the House and administered the oath.Protesting the governor’s stand, both legislators had been on a sit-in on the assembly premises for the past few days, demanding they be administered oath by the Speaker as per the convention of the House.
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