<p>Kolkata: Two newly elected Trinamool Congress (TMS) MLAs resumed their dharna on Tuesday, demanding that they be administered oath in the Assembly rather than in the Raj Bhavan as per Governor C V Ananda Bose's invite.</p><p>Baranagar MLA Sayantika Bandyopadhyay and Bhagabangola legislator Rayat Hossain Sarkar, who were elected in by-polls held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha elections, have refused to take oath in the Raj Bhavan.</p>.Stalemate over 2 newly-elected TMC MLAs' oath taking continues as they sit on dharna for second day. <p>Their dharna entered the fourth day on Tuesday as they staged the sit-in on the West Bengal assembly premises on June 27, 28 and July 1.</p><p>They resumed their sit-in in front of B R Ambedkar's statue in the assembly complex, demanding that Governor Bose facilitate the oath-taking ceremony in the House, enabling them to perform their duties as legislators.</p><p>The governor had invited the two MLAs to take oath in the Raj Bhavan last Wednesday.</p><p>They declined the invitation, claiming that convention dictates that in the case of by-poll winners, the governor assigns the Speaker of the House or the Deputy Speaker to administer the oath.</p>
<p>Kolkata: Two newly elected Trinamool Congress (TMS) MLAs resumed their dharna on Tuesday, demanding that they be administered oath in the Assembly rather than in the Raj Bhavan as per Governor C V Ananda Bose's invite.</p><p>Baranagar MLA Sayantika Bandyopadhyay and Bhagabangola legislator Rayat Hossain Sarkar, who were elected in by-polls held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha elections, have refused to take oath in the Raj Bhavan.</p>.Stalemate over 2 newly-elected TMC MLAs' oath taking continues as they sit on dharna for second day. <p>Their dharna entered the fourth day on Tuesday as they staged the sit-in on the West Bengal assembly premises on June 27, 28 and July 1.</p><p>They resumed their sit-in in front of B R Ambedkar's statue in the assembly complex, demanding that Governor Bose facilitate the oath-taking ceremony in the House, enabling them to perform their duties as legislators.</p><p>The governor had invited the two MLAs to take oath in the Raj Bhavan last Wednesday.</p><p>They declined the invitation, claiming that convention dictates that in the case of by-poll winners, the governor assigns the Speaker of the House or the Deputy Speaker to administer the oath.</p>