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After four BJP leaders were expelled from the West Bengal Assembly, Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari said the Speaker is doing this to get a ticket from the TMC.
He said the Speaker is working like a TMC leader, trying to silence opposition voices by deploying security personnel, including what he called "goons" from South 24 Parganas. Speaking to ANI on Monday, Suvendu Adhikari said,"...The Speaker is doing all this for the ticket of the TMC. He is working like a leader of the party (TMC). He told the TMC leaders to stay silent. He deployed security, which includes goons of South 24 Parganas..." Earlier on Monday, the West Bengal Legislative Assembly suspended four BJP MLAs, Dipak Burman, Shankar Ghosh, Agnimitra Paul, and Manoj Oraon, for the remainder of the session by Speaker Biman Banerjee. The suspension was followed by loud protests and slogan-chanting by the suspended MLAs during a discussion over the expunging of certain remarks made in the House earlier. The disruption escalated quickly, leading to the Speaker suspending the MLAs. "We were only exercising our right to protest, but marshals were called in and we were thrown out. The opposition is being continuously silenced and attacked inside the House," said one of the suspended MLAs while speaking to reporters outside the Assembly's main lobby gate. Later, visuals from the scene emerged, showing the suspended BJP leaders and others holding banners and chanting slogans at the Assembly's main entrance. They accused the ruling party of suppressing dissent and misusing legislative procedures to silence opposition voices. They demanded answers from the speaker regarding the unfair treatment of the opposition. BJP has been accusing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee and her government of treating the opposition unfairly and silencing their voices. BJP leader Amit Malviya called the West Bengal government's action authoritarian panic. "West Bengal is witnessing an undeclared Emergency. BJP MLAs are assaulted inside the Assembly, the Leader of Opposition is insulted for raising people's issues all under Mamata Banerjee's watch. This isn't governance. This is authoritarian panic. Mamata Banerjee is on her last leg as Chief Minister, and the TMC's draconian tactics reveal just how nervous they are about losing ground," he posted on X. (ANI)
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