Kolkata: Ruckus erupted in the West Bengal Assembly on Thursday, the last day of the second phase of budget session, as the BJP legislators protested, staged a walkout, and then burnt the effigy of Speaker Biman Bandopadhyay in the lawn.
The protests were against an attack on a rally of BJP led by Suvendu Adhikari, the Leader of Opposition (LoP), on Wednesday at Baruipur in South 24 Parganas district. Speaker Biman Bandopadhyay is the MLA from the Baruipur Paschim constituency.
While staging the protest at the Assembly lawn, the BJP legislators also demanded the immediate resignation of Bandopadhyay from the chair of the Speaker.
As the proceedings of the House started on Thursday afternoon, the BJP legislators started protesting over the attack on the Adhikari-led rally allegedly by the local Trinamool Congress activists.
First, the BJP legislators came down to the well of the House and started protesting there raising slogans condemning the attack. After continuing with the protests within the House for almost half an hour, the BJP legislators staged a walkout from the House and continued with their protests on the Assembly lawn.
Later they also burnt the effigy of the Speaker on the lawn as a mark of protest. (IANS)
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