Kolkata: According to sources, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee goes to contest a bypoll from the Bhawanipore seat after TMC MLA Sovandeb Chattopadhyay resigns from the constituency.
It is essential that Mamata Banerjee turns into a member of the legislative meeting for her to have the ability to retain her place as Chief Minister of the state.
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Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will contest the by-election from Bhawanipore, TMC sources revealed.
Today, senior chief and MLA from Bhawanipore, Shobhan Dev Chattopadhyay goes to submit his resignation from the submit of MLA.
Despite registering a significant feat with TMC’s victory within the lately held meeting election, CM Mamata Banerjee, in a stunning flip of occasions, misplaced to former protege Suvendu Adhikari within the contest for Nandigram.
After studies emerged of Suvendu Adhikari trailing by 1,200 votes on the counting day, the tide turned in his favour by night as he trumped TMC supremo by a margin of 1,953 votes.
CM Mamata had alleged that manipulations have been finished in Nandigram counting. She mentioned accepting the decision that “I will move the Court because I have information that after the declaration of results there were some manipulations done and I will reveal those.”
The following day Mamata Banerjee spoke to the media the place she claimed to have obtained an SMS from somebody stating that Returning Officer of Nandigram has written that “if he allows recounting then his life would be under threat”.
“For four hours server was down, Governor also congratulated me. Suddenly everything changed,” CM Mamata had mentioned following the menace declare.
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How CM Mamata Can Remain In Top Post Despite Nandigram Loss
As per Articles 163 and 164 of the Constitution, a Chief Minister or a Council of Minister must be a member of the legislative meeting.
“The chief minister is elected through a majority in the state legislative assembly. This is procedurally established by the vote of confidence in the legislative assembly, as suggested by the governor of the state who is the appointing authority,” it reads.
The Nandigram loss technically offers CM Mamata six months to get elected as a member of the legislative meeting. To necessitate this, an MLA from her occasion must quit his/her seat for bypolls to be carried out. This seat is normally thought of to be a secure seat the place the probabilities of successful is sort of excessive. With this Mamata would stand an opportunity to emerge victorious from the seat and change into a member of the 294-member West Bengal meeting.
“A Minister who for any period of six consecutive months is not a member of the Legislature of the State shall at the expiration of that period cease to be a Minister,” based on Article 164.
