Kolkata:
On Monday, Left Front and Congress MLAs staged a walkout together from the
state Assembly on the
same issue and later conducted a joint press conference as well, which comes a
day after CPIM cautioned its MLA Tanmay Bhattacharya for taking part in a
Congress protest rally against price rise.
As per EXIN Times, Leader of
Opposition in the state Assembly, Abdul Mannan, who was accompanied by CPIM MLA
Sujan Chakraborty, told mediapersons, “We had asked for a discussion on
important issues such as price rise, minorities, labour, SCs and STs and
reinstating officers whom the Election Commission had removed, but it was not
allowed.” “We had not disturbed the House during the governor’s or the chief
minister’s speech or during the finance minister’s Budget address but when it
was my turn to speak, they kept on interrupting me saying that I was using unparliamentary
language. If they can prove it, I will resign as MLA and also retire from
politics,” the Congress leader said while alleging that it was the members
of ruling Trinamool Congress who had used unparliamentary language.
Claiming that the state government
was not ready for a discussion on price rise, Mannan said: “While the Centre
has failed to control prices, the state is earning more revenue in terms of
taxes. So, it is not ready to speak up.” Former state Congress president Manas
Bhunia too said the Trinamool government had forgotten that the House belonged
to the Opposition. “The Speaker is the guardian and custodian of the House, not
of Trinamool. No discussion has taken place on any burning topic. The Speaker
should be flexible and respect the Opposition,” he added.
Meanwhile, both Mannan and
Chakraborty parried questions as to why CPIM did not participate in the
Congress protest rally against price rise on Saturday.
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