As Bengal Ministers Prep Oath, Governor Okays Prosecution In Narada Case

Two of the former ministers now facing CBI prosecution will be sworn in on Monday by the Governor himself. Subrata Mukherjee and Firhad Hakim were named in a list of 43 ministers released on Sunday.

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar -- known for his frequent collision with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee -- has given his nod to the CBI to prosecute four erstwhile ministers of her government in the Narada tapes scandal. Governor accorded sanction for prosecution of Firhad Hakim, Subrata Mukherjee, Madan Mitra & Sovan Chatterjee being appointing authority of Ministers ⁦@MamataOfficial⁩ under Article 164 & thus competent authorityMedia reports that sanction was for being MLA is incorrect. pic.twitter.com/vqEg7Cv6OW Two of the former ministers now facing CBI prosecution will be sworn in on Monday by the Governor himself. Subrata Mukherjee and Firhad Hakim were named in a list of 43 ministers released on Sunday. The sanction and its timing is raising eyebrows, coming as it does just after Mamata Banerjee winning a resounding victory in the assembly elections that had turned into a direct fight between her and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and also because Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla is yet to sanction the prosecution of Mr Suvendu Adhikari, former Trinamool minister who is now a BJP MLA from Nandigram. Mr Adhikari was Trinamool MP in Lok Sabha at the time of the commission of the crime. He beat Mamata Banerjee at Nandigram by less than 2,000 votes.