As per the report, opposition party was seeking resignation of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the killing of eight people in Birbhum after murder of a TMC leader and “deteriorating” law and order situation in the state. Amid sloganeering against the government, MLAs from both the parties entered the heated argument.
Kolkata: Five BJP MLAs including leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari were suspended from the West Bengal Assembly, until further notice, after scuffle broke out between both TMC and BJP MLA at the floor of the house. The opposition BJP MLAs reportedly created a ruckus over the recent killings in the Birbhum district. MLAs of both the parties exchanged blows following which proceeding of assembly was disrupted.
As per the report, opposition party was seeking resignation of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the killing of eight people in Birbhum after murder of a TMC leader and “deteriorating” law and order situation in the state. Amid sloganeering against the government, MLAs from both the parties entered the heated argument.
Assembly speaker suspended five BJP MLAs Suvendu Adhikari, Dipak Burman, Shankar Ghosh, Manoj Tigga and Narahari Mahato were suspended for future sessions this year. Later scores of BJP MLAs led by LoP Suvendu Adhikari then walked out of the assembly, claiming that several party legislators were roughed up by TMC MLAs inside the House. “Opposition demanded discussion over law & order on the last day at least but the state govt declined. They brought Kolkata police personnel in civil dress to clash with 8-10 of our MLAs.” He said.
“The same situation of the Rampurhat incident created by Anarul Hussain was seen inside by TMC MLAs and their police. We’ll march against this at 2 PM today. I’ll write my complaint to the Speaker. We are demanding action as per the rules. We need the Centre’s intervention,” Adhikari added.
TMC leader and state minister Firhad Hakim, however, told reporters that the BJP is staging a drama to create chaos in the assembly. “Some TMC legislators were injured during the scuffle that took place inside the House,” Hakim said.
A total of eight people were burnt to death in the Rampurhat area of West Bengal`s Birbhum on Tuesday after a mob allegedly set houses on fire following the killing of Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Bhadu Sheikh. The CBI probe comes after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited the village and announced compensation packages for all those who were affected. While the next of kins of those who died will get Rs 5 lakh, the government will provide Rs 2 lakh to the families who need to rebuild their homes. To the injured, Banerjee handed our cheques of Rs 50,000 and those who have more than 60% burn injuries were given cheques of Rs 1 lakh.
The Chief Minister had also slammed the local police and said the incident could have been stopped had the police reached the spot on time.
