Opposition stage walkout over adjournment motion

Opposition CPI(M) on the first day of 12th session of the 12thassembly staged walkout on Friday after Speaker rejected their adjournment motion to discuss police action over the supporters of Left’s student and youth organizations on September 15 last and attack on their party workers in Hapania.

Soon after the first day session began, veteran CPI(M) MLA Tapan Chakraborty asked the speaker about their adjournment motion, which had to be placed before the speaker. When, speaker Ratan Chakraborty in his reply said that there was no need for the motion in the House as opposition members will be allowed to raise the respective issues in an appropriate time during the two days session. All CPI (M) members staged a protest after the denial from the speaker and all of them rushed to the well of the House demanding that their motion should be accepted by the speaker. After their walkout from the House during question hour, Opposition leader Manik Sarkar addressing a press conference at the official chamber of opposition leader in the assembly alleged that the speaker intentionally suppressed their motion on behalf of the treasury bench.

Sarkar narrating the incidents of police atrocities on student and youth activities on September 15 last during their deputation towards Chief Minister and attack on CPI(M) supporters in Hapania on September22 and subsequent attacks on the houses and shops of their supporters in the same night, said that the role of speaker is not impartial and he continuously giving more attention to treasury bench. Criticizing the functioning of BJP-IPFT coalition government, Sarkar said that BJP are continuing their violence politics to win the next assembly elections, but they should remember that united resistance of common people will not continue their violent politics. Sarkar also described Thursday's incident as the ‘beginning of the end’ of BJP in Tripura. Later, in the second session of the House, the opposition bench returned in the assembly proceedings and participated in the private members resolutions.