The standoff between the Governor and the state's ruling party, TMC, was triggered by a Raj Bhavan communication inviting the two newly elected MLAs of Bhagwangola and Baranagar, Reyat Hossain Sarkar and Banerjee, respectively, to take oath at the Governor's House on Wednesday.
The West Bengal Governor and the state government are again at loggerheads over the oath ceremony of the two newly elected Trinamool MLAs. Biman Bandyopadhyay, the Speaker of the West Bengal Assembly, questioned the Governor behind "delaying" the oath.
All security measures have been put in place around the Odisha Assembly building place in Bhubaneshwar as newly elected MLAs are set to take oath from tomorrow.
After the declaration of the results of the Assembly Elections in Odisha, the newly elected MLAs and MPs from the state expressed their happiness and gratitude towards the people for electing them and pledged to work for the betterment of their constituency.
While speaking at a meeting with the newly-elected MLAs of his party, Patnaik said, "When I first became the CM, 70 per cent of the people of Odisha were living below the poverty line, which has now been reduced to 10 per cent. Our efforts in the agriculture and irrigation sectors and women'
Protem Speaker of state assembly, Gopal Bhargava administered the oath to the MLAs and CM Yadav. The oath will continue to be administered to MLAs on the second day of the assembly as well. The session will end on Thursday, December 21.
Of these 90 MLAs having criminal cases, 51 belong to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), 38 belong to the Congress Party and one from Bharatiya Adivasi Party.
Several newly elected MLAs of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday paid a courtesy visit to senior leader and former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje following the thumping victory of the party in the state assembly polls.
The first Karnataka Legislative Assembly session, after the formation of the new government will be held today in Bengaluru, during which the newly elected MLAs will be administered the oath and a new Speaker will be elected.
Amid talks to decide on Karnataka Chief Minister, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday arrived at the residence of party president Mallikarjun Kharge.
As the counting of votes in the Meghalaya Assembly polls is about to end, the newly elected MLAs of the United Democratic Party (UDP) will shortly hold a meeting in Shillong to decide the party's next move.