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TN CM Stalin gets slammed by Bengal Guv for his comments over WB Assembly prorogation

In a major embarassment to Chief Minister MK Stalin of the DMK government in Tamil Nadu, the Governor of West Bengal has pulled up the former for his unwarranted comments on the prorogation of West Bengal’s Assembly.

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar announced the prorogation of West Bengal’s Assembly session with effect from 12 February 2022 by exercising the powers bestowed upon him as per Article 174 of the Constitution.

Article 174 of the Constitution empowers the Governor of a State to summon the State Legislature to meet at such time and place as he deems fit and also for prorogating the Assembly session.

It is to be noted that the Governor is required to act based on the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers (headed by the Chief Minister) of the State.

However, without realizing this basic Constitutional procedure, MK Stalin who is also a Chief Minister of a State jumped the gun and made unwarranted comments about West Bengal Assembly being prorogued.

In a bid to position himself as a pan-Indian Opposition leader, MK Stalin called the West Bengal Governor’s act as “without any propriety expected from the exalted post” and “against the established norms and conventions”.

He added that head of the state should be the role model to uphold the constitution.

Reacting to these remarks of MK Stalin, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar launched a scathing attack saying that the Assembly was prorogued at the request of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

In light of this, many leaders as well as netizens on social media have slammed Chief Minister MK Stalin saying that he has exposed his ignorance on such basic Constitutional procedures which even a new civil service aspirant is aware of. They have said that his attempt to politicize to position himself as anti-Centre has caused huge embarassment for the state itself.

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