Chaos in Bengal Meeting as BJP, TMC MLAs conflict; saffron celebration’s 5 legislators suspended


With the Home witnessing a stormy session, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee slammed the saffron celebration, saying it’s in opposition to any dialogue on assaults on Bengali migrants in states the place the BJP is in energy. Banerjee additional mentioned she will not be in opposition to Hindi, however the BJP is anti-Bengali.

Kolkata:

Chaos erupted within the West Bengal Meeting on Thursday after a scuffle broke out between the legislators of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) over alleged atrocities in opposition to Bengali migrants. The scuffle left BJP’s chief whip Shankar Ghosh injured, who was additionally suspended from the Home.

Nonetheless, Ghosh, who was suspended for the rest of the day for creating dysfunction, refused to go away the Home, forcing the marshals to intervene. Amid all this, the 2 sides began sloganeering in opposition to one another, additional disrupting the proceedings of the Home. 

BJP’s Agnimitra Paul suspended

Together with Ghosh, saffron celebration’s Agnimitra Paul was additionally suspended from the West Bengal Meeting, with Speaker Biman Banerjee calling girls marshals to take her out. Three different BJP MLAs – Ashok Dinda, Bamkin Ghosh and Mihir Goswami – had been additionally suspended from the Home. Nonetheless, BJP leaders alleged water bottles had been thrown at them from the treasury benches through the commotion.  

CM Banerjee condemns incident, slams BJP

With the Home witnessing a stormy session, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee slammed the saffron celebration, saying it’s in opposition to any dialogue on assaults on Bengali migrants in states the place the BJP is in energy. Banerjee additional mentioned she will not be in opposition to Hindi, however the BJP is anti-Bengali.

The TMC supremo additionally alleged that the BJP has a ‘dictatorial and colonial’ mindset, and it needs to show West Bengal into its colony. “BJP is a celebration of the corrupt, a celebration of vote thieves. They’re the largest dacoit celebration. We noticed in Parliament how they used the CISF to harass our MPs. Bangla-birodi BJP hatao desh bachao (take away anti-Bengal BJP, save the nation),” Banerjee mentioned. 

“Mark my phrases, a day will come when not a single BJP MLA will sit on this Home. Folks will throw you out of energy. The Modi and Amit Shah-led authorities on the Centre will collapse quickly,” she added.