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After 6 days of dharna, two newly-elected TMC MLAs - Sayantika Bandyopadhyay and Rayat Hossain Sarkar finally got what they were demanding. West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose has finally allowed them to take their oath in the state Assembly.
This comes hours after Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee on Thursday summoned a special session of the Assembly on Friday and said that the functioning of the House is not solely dependent on the Governor.
Speaking to media persons, Biman Banerjee said the Business Advisory Committee meeting has been scheduled for noon on Friday and the tenure of the session will be decided in the meeting.
The Governor had earlier invited the two MLAs, who won the Assembly by-polls held alongside the Lok Sabha elections, to take the oath at Raj Bhavan. The MLAs refused to go and requested the Governor to come to the Assembly to administer the oath or authorise Speaker Biman Banerjee to do so.
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