The order said that “in accordance with the constitutional provisions of Article 174(2)(b), the assembly was dissolved from Thursday”. Kolkata: Bengal governor R N Ravi dissolved the state assembly through a notification as the election process to the state assembly concluded. Mamata Banerjee, who is protesting the Bengal poll results, refused to resign.
With the Bengal polls over, the results being declared on May 4 except for Falta constituency in South 24 Parganas, the EC relieved special poll observer Subrata Gupta and special police observer N K Mishra.
The tenure of the state assembly came to an end, and, as a new set of MLAs was elected, the assembly had to be dissolved, an official said. He said soon the newly elected MLAs would be administered their oath either by the governor or any person appointed by him, and then the assembly would be summoned by the governor. The oath of the MLAs is normally administered by the senior-most MLA, who is termed the pro-tem speaker, before the Speaker is appointed, the official said.
The new session of the assembly will begin with the governor’s speech. Both were issued relief letters by the EC on Thursday, said a source from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal.