Kolkata:
Treasury bench MLAs and Opposition MLAs exchanged blows in the West Bengal Assembly twice today, first after the Opposition leader claimed his adjournment motion on chit funds had been severely edited by the Speaker and again after the Speaker announced the suspension of three Left MLAs.
The three suspended Left MLAs are Amjad Hussain, Najimul Haq and Sushanta Besra.
One CPM MLA Gaurango Chattopadhyay was rushed to hospital because of injury.
Trouble started in the first half of the Assembly session when the Opposition's adjournment motion on chit funds was admitted but a discussion was not allowed. When Opposition leader Surjo Kanto Mishra rose to read the motion, he said that the Opposition's motion had been severely edited and that the Opposition was not being allowed to speak.
At this, the Left MLAs rushed to the well of the House and began protesting. Treasury MLAs claim there were attempts to attack the Speaker. The Speaker left the House but the clash continued in the well for some time. The Opposition MLAs then walked out.
When the House reconvened, Trinamool's Parliamentary Affairs Ninister Partha Chatterjee protested the behaviour of the Left MLAs. The Speaker then announced that three Left MLAs were being suspended. The Left MLAs once again rushed to the well of the House. So did the Trinamool MLAs; one of them even pulled the hair of Left woman MLA Debolina Hembrom so badly, that she fell down. After that, a physical fight ensued in the House.
The Congress MLAs and Left MLAs have walked out of the House.