Haryana guv dissolves Assembly day after Cabinet recommendation

Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya on Thursday dissolved the state Assembly with immediate effect, a day after the state cabinet recommended the move to avoid summoning the House before the expiry of the six-month period from the last sitting.

According to a notification issued by Haryana Vidhan Sabha secretariat, the Governor has dissolved the assembly with immediate effect in exercise of the powers conferred under Article 174 (2) (b) of the Constitution, which gives the Governor of a state the power to dissolve the state's legislative assembly.

The Haryana cabinet had on Wednesday recommended to Governor Dattatreya to dissolve the Assembly to avoid summoning the House before the expiry of the six-month period from the last sitting.

The term of the current Vidhan Sabha expires on November 3.

After the governor's move to dissolve the assembly, the Nayab Singh Saini government will continue as a caretaker government till a new one is formed, sources said.

Official sources had earlier said that summoning of the House before the end of the six-month period from the last session is a constitutional requirement.