LoP in Bengal Assembly suspended for 2nd time
Suvendu Adhikari, the leader of the opposition (LoP) in the Bengal Assembly was on Tuesday, November 28, suspended from the entire winter session of the Assembly for making “objectionable remarks” against Speaker Biman Banerjee.
During the deliberation in the Assembly on Tuesday on “How the Constitution of the country is under threat”, under Rule 169, BJP MLA Sankar Ghosh questioned the legitimacy of the legislators who defected from the BJP yet retained their posts in the various committees of the Assembly as BJP MLAs.
The speaker instructed the removal of Ghosh’s statement from the assembly records, prompting BJP MLAs, led by Adhikari, to descend to the well of the House and chant slogans against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
This is the second time that the BJP (and former Trinamool Congress) MLA has been suspended from the House since he became leader of the opposition. The first time was in March 2022, when Adhikari and four other party MLAs were temporarily suspended for creating a disturbance during the budget session. The suspension was later rescinded by the Speaker.
