NEW DELHI, 08 October 2021, (TON): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was sworn in as a member of the state legislative assembly today, a week after she won the by-poll in the Bhabanipur constituency in south Kolkata by a record margin.
In a break from convention, Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar swore Mamata in, who won the Bhabanipur by-poll by a margin of 58,835 votes.
Under Article 188 of the Constitution, a Governor can either himself swear in the newly-elected legislators or delegate the power to the Speaker of the legislature.
Mamata needed to win the election to retain the chief minister's chair after her defeat against protege-turned-rival Suvendu Adhikari of Bharatiya Janata Party in Nandigram by 1,956 votes in the March-April assembly elections.
Mamata was sworn in as Chief Minister on May 5 for a third consecutive tenure after leading her party to a landslide victory in the assembly poll earlier this year. But her defeat in Nandigram had left a bitter taste.
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