Privilege motion against Suvendu Adhikari for remarks against Bengal Speaker 

Trinamool Congress MLA Partha Bhowmick moved the privilege motion against the BJP MLA from Nandigram.

A privilege motion was on Friday moved against Leader of the Opposition and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Suvendu Adhikari for allegedly making disrespectful remarks against West Bengal Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee.  

The development came a day after the Speaker withdrew the suspension of seven BJP MLAs, including Mr. Adhikari.  

Trinamool Congress MLA Partha Bhowmick moved the privilege motion against the Nandigram MLA. Mr. Bhowmick alleged that Mr. Adhikari had made derogatory remarks against the Speaker while expressing his views in MLA Mukul Roy’s disqualification case. The Speaker informed the House that the motion had been sent to the Privilege Committee of the Assembly, which would look into the matter.   

Earlier this month, the Speaker rejected a petition to disqualify Mr. Roy. This was the second occasion that the Speaker rejected the petition by Mr. Adhikari to disqualify Mr. Roy.

Mr. Adhikari had approached the Speaker for the disqualification of Mr. Roy on the grounds that he defected to the Trinamool after getting elected on BJP ticket in the 2021 Assembly election.  

Mr. Bhowmick said the comments made by the Leader of the Opposition amounted to an insult to the chair of the Speaker and expressed hope that action would be taken in the matter.