Newly elected MLAs of Bengal being sworn in Oath-taking ceremony to continue till Saturday
The swearing-in ceremony for the newly elected legislators in Bengal got underway on Thursday morning, with pro-tem speaker Subrata Mukherjee administering the oath of office and secrecy to the MLAs.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee attended the ceremony for a short while before leaving for the state secretariat.
The entire programme was held following COVID-19 protocols, an official said.
At least 143 MLAs most of them from the assembly constituencies of Calcutta, North- and South-24 Parganas, Purba and Paschim Medinipur, Howrah, Hooghly and Jhargram are set to take oath on Thursday.
Newly elected MLAs of West Bengal sworn in
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Last Updated: May 06, 2021, 03:26 PM IST
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At least 143 MLAs most of them from the assembly constituencies of Kolkata, North- and South-24 Parganas, Purba and Paschim Medinipur, Howrah, Hooghly and Jhargram are set to take oath on Thursday. Seventy-four of them would be sworn-in during the first half of the day, and the rest in the second half.
The swearing-in ceremony for the newly elected legislators in West Bengal got underway on Thursday morning, with pro-tem speaker Subrata Mukherjee administering the oath of office and secrecy to the MLAs.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee attended the ceremony for a short while before leaving for the state secretariat.
The entire programme was held following Covid-19 protocols, an official said.
At least 143 MLAs most of them from the assembly constituencies of Kolkata, North- and South-24 Parganas, Purba and Paschim Medinipur, Howrah, Hooghly and Jhargram are set to take oath on Thursday.
Seventy-four of them would be sworn-in during the first half of the day, and the rest in the second half.
So far, senior TMC leaders including Partha Chatterjee, Shashi Panja, Madan Mitra, Sovandeb Chattopadhyay and Nirmal Majhi have taken oath in the state assembly.
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Puducherry: Three time Chief minister and President of the All India NR Congress (AINRC), N Rangaswamy who led the NDA to victory in the Puducherry assembly election will be sworn in as Chief minister on Friday.
The Chief minister-designate hinted that he will be having a Deputy Chief Minister.
Rangaswamy while speaking to IANS said, We are thinking of a Deputy Chief Minister and if the Centre proposes that, we will consider it.
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Forty-four (44) constituencies spread across five districts of West Bengal will go to the polls tomorrow in the fourth phase of the eight-phase Assembly polls under way in the state.
‘Shah trying to incite violence’
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