Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday summoned the West Bengal assembly for a session at the highly unusual time of 2am on March 7, acting on a typographical mistake in the state cabinet’s proposal note. A new controversy has arisen around this notification. The governor, however, said that he had sealed the decision approved by the state cabinet.
The schedule for the assembly session reached Raj Bhavan at 2am. The governor summoned the chief secretary, calling the matter “unprecedented”. The state’s advocate general was called on Friday because he could not be present before.
The governor also tweeted a written proposal approved by the state cabinet. However, almost everywhere, the notification is for starting the assembly session at 2pm. Even at the beginning of the budget session, the governor’s speech is mentioned for 2pm. Only at the end, once, the time has been mentioned as 2am.