Pranab to give Cong MLAs tips on Assembly norms

Senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee will take a class for newly-elected party MLAs in West Bengal to help them understand the proceedings in the Assembly,their rights and duties.

“Mukherjee,who was a lecturer in political science in a South 24-Parganas district college before joining politics in the early 1960s,will take a class on House norms for the newly elected MLAs on Friday,” state Congress president Pradip Bhattacharjee said.

“This type of meeting used to take place earlier also. But it has a significance this time since Congress is now a coalition partner in the new government,” Bhattacharjee said.