Now in the West Bengal Assembly, there has been an allegation of switching off the mike of a BJP woman MLA. Regarding this, BJP MLAs created a ruckus in the Assembly on Wednesday and staged a walkout of the Assembly proceedings. It is alleged that the microphone of BJP MLA Taapsee Mandal was allegedly switched off. BJP staged a walkout alleging harassment of women. BJP MLAs are protesting outside the assembly.
Let us tell you that before this the issue of switching off the mic has also been raised in national politics. In the Lok Sabha, Congress had accused the Speaker of switching off the mike, whereas in the program organized on the occasion of Constitution Day on Tuesday, Rahul Gandhi had accused him of switching off the mike.
BJP MLA Shankar Ghosh said, “Even after the RG tax incident, women and children are being tortured in our state. Physical torture and murders are increasing. Our women MLAs presented an adjournment motion in the Assembly today against this. He is allowed to read the edited part of this adjournment motion. But discussion was not allowed.”
BJP MLA accused of switching off his mic
He said. When our MLAs Taapsee Mandal, Shikha Chatterjee, Malti Rava, Chandana Bauri all protested, Taapsee Mandal’s mic was switched off.
He said that actually, the microphone of Taapsee Mandal which has been switched off was actually the microphone of many women and children of West Bengal. They have been silenced. He said that he has staged a walkout in protest against the behavior of the speaker.
Taking aim at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Shankar Ghosh said, ‘Actually, after coming to power, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had talked about putting sellotape on the faces of the opposition. The speaker did this today.
There was a ruckus on the issue of adjournment motion
However, according to Assembly sources, Speaker Biman Banerjee said that the edited version should be read, this is the rule. But when Taapsee Mondal was reciting the outer part, he ordered not to record it. Still, when Taapsee Mandal continued speaking, the speaker ordered to switch off the mike.
On the other hand, on Wednesday the issue of arrest of Chinmaykrishna Das in Bangladesh was raised in the Assembly. BJP protested against the arrest. BJP MLAs also marched outside the assembly. Opposition leader Subhendu Adhikari will visit the Deputy High Commission office of Bangladesh in Kolkata on Wednesday and submit a memorandum.
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