West Bengal Assembly speaker revokes suspension of seven BJP MLAs
The Hindu
Clashes had broken out in the Assembly on March 28 between the legislators of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and BJP, following which the speaker suspended Mr. Adhikari and the four other MLAs
West Bengal Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee on June 16 revoked the suspension of seven Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs, including that of Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, taking into consideration separate motions filed by two saffron camp legislators.
As the second half of the Assembly session began, the Speaker asked BJP MLA Agnimitra Paul to read out the last two lines of the motion requesting withdrawal of the suspension order against Mr. Adhikari and four other MLAs — Manoj Tigga, Narahari Mahato, Shankar Ghosh and Dipak Barman.
Mr. Paul stressed that the Leader of Opposition should not be barred from attending the proceedings.
Mr. Banerjee then consulted Parliamentary Affairs Minister Partha Chatterjee, who also spoke in favour of the suspension withdrawal.
Sikha Chatterjee, another BJP legislator, then read out the second motion in the House, seeking revocation of a similar order against MLAs Mihir Goswami and Sudip Mukhopadhyay.
The Speaker subsequently agreed to withdraw suspension of all seven MLAs.
Clashes had broken out in the Assembly on March 28 between the legislators of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and BJP, following which the speaker suspended Mr. Adhikari and the four other MLAs.