SNS, KOLKATA, 21 JUNE: Left Front MLAs walked out from the state Assembly today demanding that chief minister Mamata Banerjee give a statement on the latest developments pertaining to Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA).
They also alleged that the chief minister was showing utter disregard for the House by her “continuous absence” from it
Trouble began at 12.05 p.m. when CPI-M MLA and former minister, Mr Anisur Rehman wanted to know when the chief minister will apprise the House about developments relating to the GTA. When the speaker, Mr Biman Banerjee, didnt give much weight to their demand, Mr Rehman and other Left Front MLAs stood up from their seats and drew close to the Speaker's chair pressing for their demand. They also shouted some slogans, inviting some repartee from the Treasury Bench.
With the chaos still continuing at 12.12 p.m., the Speaker chose to take a break and the deputy speaker Sonali Guha assumed charge. At this point, continuing with the sloganeering, all Left MLAs walked out of the House. “On 18 June, the House was assured that the CM will make a statement on the GTA soon. But even after three days we are clueless as Miss Banerjee is not coming to the House. We are now hearing that she will not come tomorrow as well. What are we suppose to tell people as to what is happening ,” Mr Rehman said. The Left MLAs warned that if the government continues in this vein they would go for a bigger movement. However, the Opposition members later rejoined the Assembly session.
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