Unlike acrimonious comments made on one some other in current times, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held a folded-hands meeting on Monday to reach an settlement to prevent “a constitutional crisis” in the kingdom legislative assembly.
Governor Dhankhar used to be leaving the residence besides studying his tackle to West Bengal Legislative Assembly amid ruckus as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) contributors shouted slogans in the house.
The country assembly witnessed chaotic scenes with the MLAs belonging to the BJP elevating slogans at some point of Governor Dhankhar’s address and the ruling Trinamool Congress contributors blocking off his way to exit.
The BJP members alleged rigging and violence in the recently concluded civic polls in West Bengal. The TMC countered the BJP’s allegations.
Amid pandemonium, Governor Dhankhar determined to leave the house besides handing over his speech. CM Mamata Banerjee, who is additionally the chairperson of the TMC, reached out to Governor Dhankhar asking for him to deliver his speech.
Mamata Banerjee and Jagdeep Dhankhar had been photographed greeting every different with folded hands.
TMC BLOCKS DHANKHAR’S WAY
Earlier, Governor Dhankhar had refused to commence his address to the house as the BJP participants shouted slogans, displayed placards and posters as they alleged violence in Bengal civic polls, which they claimed was once rigged by means of the TMC workers.
When Governor Dhankhar tried to leave the house besides turning in his address, Trinamool Congress members attempted to forestall him from leaving the house. They surrounded his seat obstructing his way to exit. A range of female MLAs belonging to the TMC had been phase of the legislators who attempted to block his way to exit.
The impasse persisted for about an hour before Mamata Banerjee and Jagdeep Dhankhar met with their palms folded. Bengal Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee too advised Governor Dhankhar to tackle the house.
The deadlock was resolved and Governor Dhankhar examine the first and ultimate sentences of his speech. Then he left the house.
MAMATA BANERJEE TARGETS BJP
Mamata Banerjee called the ruckus in the assembly “unprecedented” that was once a “planned attempt” aimed at developing a constitutional crisis. “Since the governor was once leaving the residence except reading the address, it would have created a constitutional crisis,” stated Mamata Banerjee.
Our boys and women [MLAs] requested him again and once more to examine it. Then he [Governor Dhankhar] advised me to persuade everybody to take their seats, which I did and he read his speech,” Mamata Banerjee used to be quoted as saying.
Later, Mamata Banerjee visited the Raj Bhawan to meet Jagdeep Dhankhar and thanked him for heading off a constitutional crisis. “What the BJP has done nowadays in the Assembly was once a shame on democracy,” she said.
BJP REJECTS MAMATA’S CHARGE
On the different hand, Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari disregarded Mamata Banerjee’s charge at the BJP of disrespecting the office of governor and “insulting democracy”. He said the BJP respected the office of the governor however the tackle was written by means of CM Mamata Banerjee.
The BJP participants had been protesting against the chief minister and her government, said Adhikari, who was a minister in the preceding Mamata Banerjee authorities before switching over the BJP ahead of West Bengal Assembly election in 2021. In the polls, Adhikari defeated Banerjee on Nandigram seat.
Adhikari alleged that the TMC individuals heckled Governor Dhankhar on a couple of occasions at some point of the court cases in the assembly when he tried to depart the house.