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Kolkata: Huge uproar in Bengal Assemblystarted (Bengal Assembly ) during the discussion on a bill related to minorities. Due to the uproar, the Assembly Speaker had to call the marshals. During this, BJP Chief Whip Shankar Ghosh was suspended from the Assembly. Apart from him, 4 more BJP MLAs were also suspended. Shankar Ghosh’s health deteriorated amid the uproar, after which he was immediately given medical assistance. These MLAs were suspended-
1. Bankim Ghosh 2. Ashok Dinda 3. Agnimitra Pal 4. Shankar Ghosh 5. Mihir Goswami
Mamata Banerjee attacks BJP
Amidst the uproar, West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee fiercely targeted BJP in the assembly. She termed BJP as ‘party of vote thieves’ and said, ‘BJP is a stigma for the country. These people are attacking the Bengali language and culture of Bengal. The people of Bengal shed their blood in the freedom struggle, then BJP was not even born.’
‘These people are torturing Bengalis’
Mamata accused BJP of conspiring against Bengal and Bengalis. She said, ‘These people are torturing Bengalis. In Parliament, we saw how BJP harassed our MPs through CISF. I say, a day will come when the people of Bengal will not vote for BJP and not a single MLA of theirs will be left in the assembly.’
Attacking the BJP, Mamata said, ‘You people are breaking the country into pieces. You give slogans of religion but God Allah will not forgive you.’
BJP also retaliated
BJP MLAs strongly opposed Mamata’s statements, due to which the atmosphere in the assembly became more heated. BJP accused TMC of minority appeasement and said that Mamata Banerjee is misleading the people of Bengal. After the uproar, the proceedings of the assembly had to be adjourned for some time. The news of Shankar Ghosh’s health deteriorating made the atmosphere more tense. This dispute between TMC and BJP is likely to increase further.
What did Shubhendu Adhikari say
BJP leader Shubhendu Adhikari has condemned this attack, he has called it a physical attack. He said, although I was suspended, he thought that our MLAs would not react, but our MLAs had protested. JP Nadda spoke to them and inquired about the health of Shankar Ghosh and Bankim Ghosh. He is admitted in the hospital.
