Birbhum’s murder last week triggered turmoil scenes in the West Bengal Assembly on Monday with MLA from BJP opposition and ruled TMC Trading Blowows, which led to the suspension of five BJP legislators, including opposition leader Suvendhu Adhikari and the Head of BJP Whip Manoj Tigga.
Some MLA from both sides was injured in the incident, including the TMC Asit Mazumder who was hospitalized with a damaged nose. The incident came on the day when the victim of the Birbhum incident rose to nine with other victims, which was identified as Najma Bibi, who gave up to burn injury in the hospital.
“This is an unwanted and unprecedented incident,” said Biman Banerjee’s speaker, referring to the chaos on the last day of the budget session after several BJP MLAs marched to the home well demanded resignation to the murder of the murder in Bogtui Birbhum Village.
Fifth MLA BJP, also including Sankar Ghosh, Narahari Mahato and a bender, has been suspended until the next session. The official source said the speaker would make a decision before the next session on whether the suspension would continue.
“We are suspended illegally,” Adhikari said. BJP West Bengal Unit Tweeted: “Democracy is humiliated!” However, the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs of the State of Partha Chatterjee claimed that the incident was “planned” by BJP “to tarnish Bengal Citra”.
The incident came three days after the Calcutta High Court directed the state government to submit Birbhum cases to the CBI to ensure “fair probe”. Last Monday night, eight people, including women and children were found to be dead charred in Bogtui, allegedly a retaliation for the murder of the local TMC leader Bhadu Sheikh.
The action taken by the speaker on Monday marked the second suspension set for BJP in this session. Two other MLA parties, Sudip Mukherjee and Mihir Goswami, were suspended for the entire session on March 7 to disrupt the address of Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar.
Incidentally, in January this year, the Supreme Court has set aside a one-year suspension of 12 BJP MLAS opposition from Maharashtra Assembly. The court said that the suspension outside the ongoing session was a violation of the values of basic democracy because it meant that the constituency selected as a member would remain not realized at home.
On Monday, a few minutes after the West Bengal Assembly began at 11 am, BJP MLAS began to protest hard because of the incident of Birbhum and demanded the resignation of Banerjee, who also held a home portfolio. Mla then reached a well and began shouting slogans against the minister’s chairman, ignoring the request from the speaker to return to their seats.
After about half an hour, some TMC MLA, also reached a well and was immediately involved in a fight with opposition members.
Then, Adhikari BJP accused MLA his party was beaten in the house and that some of his leaders, including Tigga and Mahano, were injured. Even MLAS women, including Chandana Bauri, were attacked, he said. MLA Bauri claimed that “TMC Mlaas began kicking and defeating us, and I was injured behind and in my neck and hand”.
Posting the intended incident clip, which shows MLAs for each other, BJP State Unit Tweeted that “Destructive totalitarianism is happening in the Assembly”.
“TMC MLA drags BJP MLA Narahari Maho to the ground by the hair. The painful killing of democracy occurs in the West Bengal legislature today – Renovesy TMC!” Party, with the current strength of 70 in the 294 member house, posted.
BJP said that Mlaas Tigga, Baauri, Mahato, Sikha Chatterjee, Ajay Poddar and Lakshan Bauri were hospitalized. Adhikari then went to Raj Bhavan with another suspended MLA and complained to Jagdeep Governor Dhankhar about the assembly incident. He also went to see BJP Mla who was injured in the hospital.