Kolkata: 4 Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) legislators in West Bengal, together with chief of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari and the social gathering’s state normal secretary Agnimitra Paul, have been suspended from the meeting for 30 days for allegedly tearing official paperwork and throwing them on the Speaker whereas staging a protest within the Home in opposition to alleged makes an attempt to stall Saraswati Puja in varied instructional establishments within the state.
West Bengal BJP MLAs led by chief of Opposition Suvendhu Adhikari stage a protest in opposition to the state authorities over the Saraswati Puja difficulty in Kolkata on Monday. (ANI Photograph)
“The way the leader of the Opposition and some MLAs behaved today is condemnable. They tore official documents and threw them at the Speaker’s chair. Nirmal Ghosh (Trinamool Congress chief whip) brought a motion to suspend them for 30 days. The motion was put to vote. The MLAs voted for this, and it was carried. Accordingly, they (BJP legislators) have been suspended for 30 days or till the end of the session, whichever is earlier,” Biman Banerjee, Speaker of the legislative meeting, instructed media individuals.
The Speaker suspended Adhikari, Paul and two different BJP MLAs Bankim Ghosh and Biswanath Karak.
The BJP MLAs, led by Adhikari entered the properly of the Home and raised slogans after the Speaker refused to carry a dialogue on the adjournment movement introduced by Paul.
“The way attempts were made to stall Saraswati Puja in various educational institutions this year, was unprecedented. Even the British didn’t do this before 1947. BJP women legislators brought an adjournment motion following business rules of the House. BJP MLAs staged a protest and raised slogans against this anti-Hindu government for around 10 minutes. We disregarded the business of the House, tore the papers and threw them. We staged a walkout,” Adhikari later instructed reporters.
In January this yr the Calcutta excessive court docket needed to order the police to offer safety for Saraswati pujas inside a university campus in Kolkata. The adjournment movement was introduced by the BJP to focus on alleged intimidation at some locations within the state over organising Saraswati Puja earlier this month.
“We sought answers on why objections were raised against Saraswati Puja, why the need arose to move the high court and why police had to be posted. This is an undemocratic and anti-Hindu government. The house belongs to the Opposition. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee is doing exactly the same things what Md Yunus, head of the interim government in Bangladesh, is doing in his country. The chief minister will address the House on Tuesday and before that the BJP MLAs were suspended so that she doesn’t face any opposition,” Adhikari instructed reporters.
BJP leaders mentioned that they’ve been suspended not less than thrice earlier.
“Whatever the BJP MLAs did today was very unfair. They have insulted the speaker’s chair,” Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay, veteran TMC chief, instructed media individuals.
The meeting polls in West Bengal are scheduled to be held subsequent yr.
Whereas the TMC had gained 213 seats, the BJP had gained 77 seats within the 2021 meeting polls.