BJP MLAs Walk Out of West Bengal Assembly Amid Chaos Over Netaji Subhas University Bill

BJP MLAs walked out of West Bengal Assembly amid uproar over the Netaji Subhas University Bill, as TMC protests disrupted proceedings despite the Speaker’s efforts to restore order.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs stage a protest against the suspension of a party MLA during the Monsoon Session of the West Bengal Legislative assembly, at the premises of assembly house in Kolkata on Monday.

Source : ANI

BJP MLAs on Friday staged a walkout from West Bengal Assembly following a chaotic half-hour of heated exchanges during the debate on the Netaji Subhas University of Sports and Entrepreneurship Bill, 2025.

The uproar began after BJP Chief Whip Shankar Ghosh rose to speak on the Bill, shortly after it was tabled by Education Minister Bratya Basu.

Minister Babul Supriyo interrupted Ghosh, questioning why TMC legislators should listen to him when he and fellow BJP MLAs had walked out during Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya’s reply in the previous day’s Question Hour.

Supporting Supriyo, over 100 TMC legislators stood on their feet even as Speaker Biman Banerjee allowed Ghosh to continue his speech.

"Yesterday, I had to expunge your and other BJP MLAs’ statements because you left while the minister was replying. That was an insult to the House. But as I want the House to function, I would like you to speak," Banerjee said.

However, several TMC leaders, including Chief Whip Nirmal Ghosh, Ministers Aroop Biswas, Chandrima Bhattacharya and Supriyo and others continued to protest the conduct of Ghosh and other BJP leaders.

Though the Speaker tried to pacify the agitated TMC members, the bedlam continued, and around 20 BJP MLAs walked out of the House.

Ghosh told reporters on the Assembly premises that the voice of the opposition was being muzzled, and this showed the intolerance of the ruling dispensation.

"My name had been enlisted as a speaker for the debate. I wanted to voice my views. But the authoritarian TMC does not want democracy to function. They did not allow the opposition to speak, and the Speaker did not take any action," he said.

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