Oppn Leader in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, shot off a letter to Speaker Biman Bandopadhyay on Wednesday and expressed his sense of 'insecurity' following what he termed as an 'attempted assault' by a TMC member inside the Assembly.
In his letter, he had claimed that he was abused by the TMC legislator, Tapan Chatterjee, before other members of the Assembly, which further increased his insecurity in the legislative premises.
In his letter, Adhikari has expressed his concerns over the safety of the Assembly members and added that this is the second such case of threat coming from ruling party members. He said that because there was no personal security inside the Assembly, they are open to attacks.
He reminded the Speaker of his responsibility to ensure the safety of all members within the precincts, and that anything that happened, unfortunately, in the Assembly lay within his jurisdiction.
In a subsequent post on X, Adhikari said, "The lawlessness that is spread throughout West Bengal today, entered the Legislative Assembly. A little while back, when I was talking to the presspersons in the lower lobby, at around noon, the TMC MLA Tapan Chatterjee entered and started aggressively approaching towards me.
"Without any provocation or scuffle, Chatterjee used abusive language for me and his body language showed his intention to attack me physically.
"I have already informed the Hon'ble Speaker of this security breach inside the Assembly. This incident has proved the necessity of revisiting the earlier directive that kept Central Security Forces out of the Assembly."
Adhikari has demanded that the Speaker initiate criminal proceedings against Tapan Chatterjee.
A video of the incident has gone viral on social media.
BJP chief whip in the Assembly Shankar Ghosh spoke against the incident terming it shameful that not only the people of West Bengal but even the Leader of the Opposition is threatened by elected officials like Adhikari inside the Assembly.
However, Chatterjee entirely denied the matter and stated that Adhikari defamed him and his family during a public meeting at a locality near his house recently.
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