Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday despatched a particular messenger to West Bengal Speaker Biman Banerjee expressing his need to ship a speech within the Legislative Meeting, officers mentioned.
Dhankhar, who remained West Bengal governor from 2019 to 2022 earlier than he was appointed Vice President, despatched as his messenger Sunil Gupta, a senior IAS officer, who met Speaker Banerjee within the Meeting.
Nevertheless, each Banerjee and Gupta didn’t expose something to the media. A senior Meeting official mentioned, “Gupta put forth the Vice President’s proposal earlier than the Speaker however he has not taken any resolution as but.”
“There isn’t any precedent of a vp delivering a speech in an Meeting. Subsequently, the Speaker didn’t take a call straight away. For this, he should name a particular session after which take a call,” he added.
In the meantime, the Speaker additionally reserved his resolution on whether or not Trinamool Congress MLA Manik Bhattacharya, one of many foremost accused within the college jobs rip-off case, will get his wage for the interval when he was in jail. He was arrested by CBI in October 2022 and he was launched on bail in September 2024 after remaining in jail for 23 months.
After getting bail, he filed an enchantment within the Meeting to reimburse his wage throughout his jail custody interval. The Speaker heard his case on Tuesday and took options from the State Auditor Common. The Speaker, nevertheless, reserved his resolution within the matter.
