Speaker of Tripura assembly Biswa Bandhu Sen suspends five opposition MLAs

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Tripura assembly Biswa Bandhu Sen on Friday suspended five opposition MLAs, including Roy Barman on the opening day of the budget session. Congress MLA and former Minister Sudip Roy Barman was suspended for the entire budget session, which began here on Friday, for making “derogatory remarks against ministers and treasury bench members”.

Roy Barman while narrating a story stated “dog barking much more than his master” triggering a section of ministers and MLAs furious. The ministers and MLAs demanded the Speaker to expunge Roy Barman’s comments from the assembly records and told the Congress MLA to withdraw his “derogatory remarks”.

Roy Barman refused to withdraw the “derogatory remarks” then the Chief Minister Manik Saha proposed to suspend him for the entire session (till July 13) and the Speaker announced accordingly. Opposition leader Animesh Debbarma and CPI-M legislature party leader Jitendra Choudhury opposed the Speaker’s decision.

Opposition members of Tipra Motha Party (TMP), CPI-M and the Congress — staged walkout protesting the Speaker’s decision while demanding disciplinary action against BJP MLA Jadab Lal Debnath, who was caught on camera watching an obscene video on his mobile phone while the Tripura Assembly session was going on in March. This started when Finance Minister Pranajit Singha Roy started presenting the annual budget for 2023-24 financial year.

All the members of the TMP, CPI-M and the Congress led by their leaders went to the well of the house and started shouting demanding action against Debnath and the noisy scene continued for over 40 minutes before the Chief Minister Manik Saha named five MLAs to suspend them for the day. The Speaker immediately announced the suspension of five MLAs –