West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar discontinues assembly session

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar prorogued the Assembly from Saturday based on the state government’s recommendation. Prorogation is discontinuing a session of Parliament or a legislative assembly without dissolving it. Dhankhar, who has been engaged in a tussle with the Mamata Banerjee government since he assumed the chair of the governor on July 30, 2019, in a tweet said that he prorogued the Assembly from February 12.