The Bengal Assembly witnessed high drama on Thursday as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee delivered a blistering attack on the BJP, while a scuffle left the saffron party’s chief whip injured.
Tensions erupted when Speaker Biman Banerjee called in marshals to evict BJP MLA and party’s chief whip Dr Sankar Ghosh, following his suspension. BJP legislators stormed the well, chanting “Jai Shri Ram” slogans and stalling proceedings, even as the Trinamool Congress-led government sought to pass a motion condemning attacks on Bengali migrant workers in BJP-ruled states.
Amid the din, Banerjee rose to speak, accusing the BJP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Union Home Minister Amit Shah of being “anti-Bengal” and blocking discussions on harassment of Bengalis.
“BJP is a party of the corrupt, a party of vote thieves. They are the biggest dacoit party. We saw in Parliament how they used the CISF to harass our MPs,” the Chief Minister said amid sloganeering by the opposition MLAs.
Her attack grew sharper as she warned the Opposition benches. “Mark my words, a day will come when not a single BJP MLA will sit in this House. People will throw you out of power. The Modi and Amit Shah-led government at the Centre will collapse soon,” Banerjee said.
Responding to the chaos, Leader of Opposition in Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, alleged that democracy was murdered by the Mamata Banerjee-led government. “Today, in the West Bengal Assembly, democracy was murdered by the democracy-killer Mamata and her servile administration,” Adhikari wrote in an X post in Bengali.
