Suvendu Adhikari, Agnimitra Pal Among 4 BJP MLAs Suspended From Bengal Assembly For 'Unruly Behaviour'

Suvendu Adhikari, Agnimitra Pal, Bankim Ghosh and Biswanath Karak were suspended from the house for 30 days after a motion raised by the BJP alleged that Saraswati Puja was “not allowed” in the state.

File photo of BJP leaders Suvendu Adhikari and Agnimitra Pal.

Source : PTI

West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari and three other BJP MLAs were suspended from the state assembly for their alleged unruly behaviour on Monday.

Suvendu Adhikari, Agnimitra Pal, Bankim Ghosh and Biswanath Karak were suspended from the house by Bengal Speaker Biman Banerjee for 30 days after a motion raised by the BJP alleged that Saraswati Puja was “not allowed” in the state.

The Bengal Speaker said that the four BJP leaders were suspended from the House till the end of this session in the West Bengal assembly or for 30 days, whichever is earlier, as they came down to the well of the House, tore up business papers and threw those away, news agency PTI reported.

The BJP MLAs, led by Adhikari, went to the well of the House raising slogans after the Speaker refused to hold a discussion on an adjournment motion brought by Pal. The BJP MLAs thereafter staged a walkout from the House.

Speaking on the suspension, Suvendu said, "Since 2022, this is the fourth suspension of BJP MLAs. Last time, we went to court and the court said that according to a Maharashtra court judgment, any MLA can be suspended for up to 30 days only... Today, we were suspended again after our party leader raised an adjournment plea in the Assembly over a row regarding Saraswati Puja celebrations in a college."

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The adjournment motion was brought by the BJP to highlight alleged intimidation at some places in the state over organising Saraswati Puja earlier this month.

Agnimitra Pal later, while speaking to reporters outside the assembly, said that Saraswati Puja had to be held at some places in the state with police protection, including a law college in Kolkata with orders from the Calcutta High Court.

She said the walkout by the BJP MLAs was to protest the Speaker's refusal to a discussion on the adjournment motion brought by her and some other party legislators. The Speaker, while disallowing the discussion in the House, allowed one BJP MLA to read out the motion.

After Pal read out the motion in the House, the BJP MLAs started protesting, raising slogans and holding placards, claiming appeasement by ruling TMC for electoral gains. Trinamool Congress chief whip Nirmal Ghosh brought a motion in the House, claiming that the acts of protest by the BJP MLAs were outside legislative culture and demanded action against them.