According to sources, after a question-answer session at the Assembly lobby, there was an altercation between the Leader of Opposition and the MLA of Purbasthali, Tapan Chatterjee. During the session, BJP MLA Shankar Ghosh reportedly mentioned this to the Speaker, who said to “not discuss the matter here” and

In his letter, Adhikari wrote, “… Today at around 12.20 pm at the lower lobby …Chatterjee …rushed towards me and tried to assault me physically and threw abusive language in front of other MLAs and reporters. I felt insecure inside the Assembly precincts.”

He further wrote, “This is the second time we were threatened by the ruling party members. They are taking advantage because of the absence of personal security allotted to us inside Assembly precincts. You prevented them from entering the Assembly premises.”

“As a custodian of the House, you will be responsible if any untoward incident occurs inside the Assembly precincts. I request you to take appropriate action against the MLA,” the BJP leader stated in his letter to the Speaker.

Meanwhile, TMC MLA Tapan Chatterjee said, “During the Lok Sabha election campaign, he lied about my daughter’s school job and said that I have two flats in Kolkata. I asked him why he said so and that I don’t know where my Kolkata flat is. So, he should give me the key to the flat. When I said that, he got angry.”

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