Two West Bengal BJP MLAs suspended from Assembly

Highlights

The BJP MLAs have been suspended for the rest of budget session
They had created disturbance during the Governor's speech on the first day
The Governor had tabled his address after reading the first and last lines of his speech

Two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs have been suspended from the West Bengal Legislative Assembly for the remainder of the Budget Session. The two MLAs have been identified as Sudip Mukherjee and Mihir Goswami.

They have been suspended from the House for creating disturbances in the House during Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar's inaugural speech on the first day of the Budget Session on March 7.

The motion was brought by the state Parliamentary Affairs Minister Partha Chatterjee seeking the suspension of the BJP MLAs for the rest of the current session of the House and was put to vote by Speaker Biman Banerjee.

Moving the motion in the Assembly, Chatterjee said that Goswami, who represents Natabari and Mukhopadhyay, who is the Purulia MLA, had indulged in slogan shouting, waving placards and creating disturbance during the governor's address on March 7. The motion was passed by voice vote.

The Governor had on that day tabled his address after reading the first and last lines of his speech in the midst of the din created by the opposition BJP.