Mulayam pulls back, no session on Jan 15

Since then, Mulayam has been adamant on holding the session, blaming the Governor for playing politics. On Thursday, before the evening Cabinet meeting, even Speaker Mata Prasad Pandey had called a press conference, saying the session would be held come what may.

Till two hours before the meeting, the government was not admitting to have received the prorogation order of the Governor.

However, after the ten-minute Cabinet meeting of Thursday evening, the fourth such meeting in four days, Mulayam announced: 8220;There is no issue. Both the Governor and the Speaker are Constitutional agencies, and the decision of both will be respected.8221;

He did not come out clearly, though, on whether a fresh session would be called: 8220;We have not decided yet. But whatever decision we take, it will be in black and white.8221;

The Speaker had called an all-party meeting in his chamber on Friday morning to discuss how to run the session smoothly. He had said it was within Constitutional norms and there was no violation of the democratic traditions. The speaker denied receiving any communication from the Governor house that the House has been prorogued.

He had also made it clear that the assembly was not obliged to accept the message sent by the Governor: it would only be read out in the house. Opposition parties, however, had refused to attend the meeting called by the Speaker.