When Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee started speaking on the budget, Suvendu Adhikari and other BJP MLAs walked out of the house. (Image: News18)
Four BJP MLAs had joined TMC last year without giving up their membership of the House.
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Four BJP MLAs who joined the TMC on Wednesday alleged that Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari threatened them with tax raids for disrupting their speech in the Assembly. The officer called the allegation baseless.
BJP MLAs Krishna Kalyani (Raiganj), Tanmay Ghosh (Bishnupur), Soumen Roy (Kaliaganj) and Biswajit Das (Bagda), who occupy the opposition benches, repeatedly intervened when officials were discussing the budget of the Home Department. was saying. He criticized the officer for “lying and spreading rumours against the state government”.
Four BJP MLAs had joined TMC last year without giving up their membership of the House. He has not yet been disqualified under the anti-defection law. When Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee started speaking on the budget, officials and other BJP MLAs walked out of the house.
After the Chief Minister completed his speech, Kalyani complained to Speaker Biman Banerjee that while leaving the House, the officer threatened the four MLAs with income tax raids for obstructing their speech. The Speaker took cognizance of the complaint and said that the four MLAs would be provided security as per the rules of the House.
Speaking on the issue, the Chief Minister said that this incident proved who controls the Income Tax Department in West Bengal. “It proves who controls the central agency in the state. I would request the Speaker to take care of it,” she said.
The official later told reporters that the allegation was baseless. “The way the ruling party tried to create unrest by using turncoat MLAs during my speech is unprecedented,” he said.
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