Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar Summons Assembly Session at 2 am on 7 March

The West Bengal Assembly session will begin two hours after midnight on March 7, according to a note sent to the government, signed by Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar.

Tweeting the note, Dhankar wrote: "Assembly meeting after midnight at 2.00 A.M. is unusual and history of sorts in making, but that is Cabinet Decision."

It all began with a note sent by the state to the Governor on February 17 recommending that an Assembly session be called on March 7 at 2 PM. However, the recommendation was returned "for constitutional compliance as the Governor summons the assembly on the recommendation made by the Cabinet after due compliance of Rules of Business under article 166(3) of the constitution," Jagdeep Dhankhar had earlier tweeted on February 19.