TMC running West Bengal Assembly without following norms, says Suvendu Adhikari

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Opposition in West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari, on Thursday said the Muslim vote bank has deserted the Trinamool Congress prompting Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to resort to 'dole' politics. The senior BJP leader, who was addressing a press meet at the assembly, also accused the ruling Trinamool of not following democratic norms while conducting the proceedings of the state legislature.

«The assembly bypoll results in Ballygunge and Sagardighi show the erosion in your (TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee) minority vote bank,» he said. The panchayat poll results of Bhangar in South 24 Parganas district would have been totally different had the elections been fair, the Nandigram BJP MLA said.

Terming the convening of the monsoon session of the assembly from July 24 «whimsical», Adhikari said it was done without consulting the opposition and the ruling party now plans to wrap it up this week. An assembly secretariat official said the House will be adjourned on Friday.

Adhikari said though the rural poll results are yet to be officially ratified as the matter is pending in the Calcutta High Court, Mamata Banerjee wants to set up panchayat boards by mid-August and therefore seeks to adjourn the House to begin the process. «The entire exercise is unconstitutional and undemocratic, but this is how the TMC government runs everything in West Bengal — from legislative assembly to secretariat,» Adhikari said.