Suspended by Speaker, 5 West Bengal BJP MLAs together with Suvendu Adhikari transfer Calcutta HC

By PTI

KOLKATA: Five BJP MLAs, together with Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, on Wednesday filed petitions earlier than the Calcutta High Court difficult their suspension from the West Bengal Assembly by Speaker Biman Banerjee.

One of their attorneys mentioned that the petitions are prone to be heard earlier than the suitable bench of the excessive courtroom quickly. The 5 BJP MLAs had been suspended by the Speaker for future periods this yr for his or her alleged unruly conduct within the House on March 28, the final day of the Budget session.

Besides Adhikari, the opposite MLAs embrace Dipak Burman, Shankar Ghosh, Manoj Tigga, and Narahari Mahato.

The meeting had witnessed pandemonium on the day as ruling TMC and BJP MLAs scuffled after saffron get together legislators demanded a press release by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the “worsening” regulation and order scenario within the state.