KOLKATA: 11th December, 2012 - THE West Bengal
assembly witnessed its worst bedlam when ruling Trinamool Congress members,
including ministers attacked Left Front members within the house injuring
several members. CPI(M) MLA and former minister Debalina Hembram was severely
beaten and kicked by TMC male members also. Another MLA, Gouranga Chatterjee
suffered a head injury. Three members were hospitalised in this brutal attack.
This attack started when Left members tried to
bring an adjournment motion on the mushrooming of chit funds in the state.
Thousands of people are facing dire consequences of cheating by these funds.
There are clear allegations that the ruling party leaders are promoting some of
the big funds. The reaction of the ruling party members within assembly actually
proved that.
Opposition leader Suryakanta Mishra alleged that
his adjournment motion on chit funds had been severely edited by the speaker,
leading to a round of debate. When the opposition protested, TMC ministers and
members rushed menacingly towards them. Some of them lifted Hembram, and threw
her into floor, kicking and beating her. Some other members were injured when
they tried to rescue her.
In another blatant action, the speaker of the
house suspended three Left Front MLAs while remaining silent about the behavior
of the ruling party. Left Front members refused to participate in the assembly
proceedings after that. They staged ‘Mock Assembly” outside assembly building.
There was an all-round criticism of this attack on democracy throughout the
state. Rallies and protest meetings followed for two days.
TMC MLA Sikha Mitra has been suspended by her
party as she criticised the behavior of her colleagues exposing the ruthless
nature of the ruling party in the state.
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