• Speaker to Suvendu, Tapan: Act responsibly
    Times of India | 26 July 2024
  • Kolkata: Speaker Biman Banerjee on Thursday asked Trinamool MLA Tapan Chatterjee and leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari to show restraint and behave responsibly, a day after the two had a heated exchange.

    “There are often heated discussions within the assembly. This happens in other state assemblies and in Lok Sabha as well. But outside the assembly, the lawmakers maintain a friendly demeanour.There is no reason to feel a lack of security. However, everyone should exercise restraint and ensure that such incidents do not occur again,” Banerjee said.

    On Wednesday, posting a video on X, Adhikari wrote : “The lawlessness across WB seems to have trickled inside the WB Legislative Assembly as well... if the opposition MLAs are not safe inside the Assembly premises, think about the plight of Opposition Political Workers in the state of West Bengal.”

    Chatterjee on Thursday said while he accepted the speaker’s decision, he would not withdraw the complaint he had filed at Hare Street police station alleging that the BJP neta had given him death threats. “If such comments are made again by Adhikari, I will raise my voice again,” he said. tnn
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