Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, currently on a tour of North Bengal, is said to be concerned about the inter-party violence inside the House primarily because it conveys an unpalatable signal about the state-of-affairs in West Bengal. The timing of the violence is unfortunate because it occurs on the eve of the Bengal Global Business Summit.
The ruling Trinamul Congress MLA Asit Majumar, who represents Chinsurah assembly constituency in Hooghly was taken to SSKM hospital allegedly with a broken nose. Later, he alleged that Suvendu Adhikari had assaulted him.
“It was unfortunate and unprecedented that the leader of the Opposition was issuing murder threats to fellow lawmakers in the Assembly. It was dangerous for democracy”, quipped the Speaker.
“The BJP is creating trouble in the assembly. They are not with the people. They should not get any seats. What they do best is trigger riots. The people of Bengal gave them a befitting reply in ballot boxes against all disinformation campaigns they had launched against the democratically-elected government.”
Dhankhar said he was shocked to learn that the secretary of the assembly gave in writing that he has conveyed to the marshal who has but declined. “This is a very serious development and must not be treated as a trivial matter. How can the chief marshal act in such a manner? Where are we heading?”
The impact of this stinging attack was such that it was in sharp focus at the Republic Day parade on the Red Road too on Sunday, which was attended by the chief minister Mamata Banerjee and the Governor as well among others, where though the chief minister had exchanged courtesies with the latter but had dropped ample hint of her apparent disapproval of his conduct in the Assembly.
“We demand that this decision be withdrawn immediately as enhancing the area of jurisdiction of the BSF is a direct attack on the country's federal structure,”
