Assent not given to Howrah civic body amendment bill Bengal Guv
Kolkata Dec 25 PTI Dismissing media reports that claimed he had approved exclusion of areas of Bally Municipality from the jurisdiction of Howrah civic body West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday said it is under consideration as inputs from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee are awaited He had earlier accused the TMC government of not providing information he sought on Howrah Municipal Corporation amendment bill sent to him for his assent Taking to Twitter he said Reports in media that West Bengal Governor Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar has put his seal of approval on the Howrah Municipal Corporation Amendment Bill 2021 are not correct It is under consideration under Article 200 of Constitution as inputs MamataOfficial are awaited Article 200 of the Constitution empowers a governor to either give or withhold assent to a bill or reserve it for the consideration of the President The Howrah Municipal Corporation Amendment Bill 2021 that proposed to separate Bally Municipality from the jurisdiction of the HMC was passed by the state assembly recently Ruling Trinamool Congress spokesman Kunal Ghosh said The governor is going beyond his jurisdiction He should give assent to a bill passed by the house if he hasnt as he claims Opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari said the governor has already pointed out that he has not given his nod to the bill It is upto the governor it is his discretion The TMC should not force him and use the gubernatorial office for its political gains he added West Bengal State Election Commissioner Saurav Das had called on Dhankhar on Friday and discussed issues related to pending municipal polls in the state amid allegations of rigging and intimidation against the ruling TMC by opposition camps during the December Kolkata Municipal Corporation election Election to 111 municipal bodies are due in West Bengal PTI SUS KK KK KK
Kolkata Dec 25 PTI Dismissing media reports that claimed he had approved exclusion of areas of Bally Municipality from the jurisdiction of Howrah civic body West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday said it is under consideration as inputs from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee are awaited He had earlier accused the TMC government of not providing information he sought on Howrah Municipal Corporation amendment bill sent to him for his assent Taking to Twitter he said Reports in media that West Bengal Governor Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar has put his seal of approval on the Howrah Municipal Corporation Amendment Bill 2021 are not correct It is under consideration under Article 200 of Constitution as inputs MamataOfficial are awaited Article 200 of the Constitution empowers a governor to either give or withhold assent to a bill or reserve it for the consideration of the President The Howrah Municipal Corporation Amendment Bill 2021 that proposed to separate Bally Municipality from the jurisdiction of the HMC was passed by the state assembly recently Ruling Trinamool Congress spokesman Kunal Ghosh said The governor is going beyond his jurisdiction He should give assent to a bill passed by the house if he hasnt as he claims Opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari said the governor has already pointed out that he has not given his nod to the bill It is upto the governor it is his discretion The TMC should not force him and use the gubernatorial office for its political gains he added West Bengal State Election Commissioner Saurav Das had called on Dhankhar on Friday and discussed issues related to pending municipal polls in the state amid allegations of rigging and intimidation against the ruling TMC by opposition camps during the December Kolkata Municipal Corporation election Election to 111 municipal bodies are due in West Bengal PTI SUS KK KK KK
