Bharatiya Janata Party MLA and leader of Opposition (LoP) in West Bengal assembly Suvendu Adhikari, along with three party colleagues — Agnimitra Pal, Bankim Ghosh, and Biswanath Karak — were suspended by Bengal assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee on February 17 following a ruckus in the House over their demand for a discussion on alleged obstacles faced by some educational institutions in the state in organizing Saraswati Puja earlier this month.
Pal proposed to introduce a motion and a discussion on alleged intimidation related to the organisation of Saraswati Puja. The Speaker allowed the introduction of the motion, but refused a discussion. In protest, BJP MLAs led by Adhikai walked up to the well of the house, tore up business papers, and threw those away. After this, the four MLAs, including LoP Adhikari, staged a walkout from the house. Trinamool Congress leader Nirmal Ghosh proposed that the four BJP MLAs be suspended and the Speaker obliged.
After walking out of the assembly, Adhikari and the other three BJP MLAs addressed media personnel waiting outside the Vidhan Sabha. A 16.50-minute-long recorded footage of the BJP MLAs interacting with the media was posted on BJP West Bengal's official YouTube page. During his address to the media, LoP Adhikari made several controversial comments including comparing the Trinamool Congress regime to the Muslim League. He also stated that the Trinamool government was "anti-Hindu" and a "government of the Mollahs", and he and his party MLAs prided themselves on being voted in by Hindus.
A Few Excerpts From Suvendu Adhikari's Media Address:
0:00: Worse than the Muslim League... Whatever the bribe-hungry molla Yunus is carrying out in Bangladesh, Mamata Banerjee and her party are replicating here. The female members of our party proposed an adjournment motion according to the business and rules, they also presented the same to you (the press) in detail. ...The unprecedented jihadi attack by TMC-affiliated Muslim leaders, a matter which has also reached the high court, and Saraswati puja had to be conducted in educational institutions in the presence of armed policemen and senior IPS officers. So many obstacles were deliberately created to disrupt the puja — something unheard of even during British rule.
1:32: We have read in history books how during the British rule, a fatwa was issued to stop Saraswati Puja at Berhampore Central Jail, but Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose took the lead in ensuring that puja was conducted. What we and you witnessed this time is dangerous. As the Vidhan Sabha is in session, they (Trinamool Congress) have removed 'question-answer', 'mention', 'calling attention', and 'adjournment motion' from the schedule. Even last week, we were not given any chance... This week, the sessions were to be held for four days, out of which two days, Monday (February 17) and Wednesday (February 19), were allotted for matters like 'adjournment motion' and 'calling attention'. We, the BJP legislative party, had decided to bring an adjournment motion regarding the obstruction of Saraswati Puja. On Wednesday, we also decided to bring an adjournment motion against Mamata Banerjee's move to privatise 30% of tea garden land, which would spell disaster for tea workers. Today, Monday is supposed to be the session dedicated to the police minister or the home department, they didn't take a single question.
3:26: (A session was held)... last Thursday, however, the state home minister (Mamata Banerjee herself) did not show up in the assembly and today it is Monday, even today she did not come to the House. We intended to propose 'calling attention' and to ask the chief minister and police minister why a video of TMC booth president Alimmudin Mondal surfaced where he could be seen threatening a school principal. He was not arrested. Why Shabbir Ali, from the college where you claim to have studied law, was not arrested? Why are some headmasters from a different religion refusing to conduct puja in their schools, claiming that there are no government orders or directives mandating it? We did not get a chance to ask these questions.
4:25: Honourable Ms Agnimitra Pal was only allowed to read out a few lines from the adjournment motion, however, the House was not adjourned after that. The BJP representatives present there today protested following the customs and policies. Hindu virodhi sarkar, durga thakur bhanga sarakar, kali thakur bhanga sarkar, Beldangaey mandir bhanga sarkar, Budge Budge-ey lokkhi thakur bhanga sarkar, Hindu virodhi sarkar (Anti-Hindu government, the government that breaks Durga idols, Kali idols, the government that demolishes temples in Beldanga, breaks Lakshmi idols in Budge Budge — an anti-Hindu government) — we raised these slogans against this government.
6:52: Tomorrow, February 18, as the chief minister delivers her speech in response to the Governor's address, the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) and three other MLAs are being kept out of the assembly to ensure she speaks without any obstruction. Mark my words — her speech will be live-streamed, but the more she lies, the more she will distance herself from the people of Bengal. I, along with Agnimitra Pal, Biswanath Karak, and Bankim Ghosh, take pride in the fact that we won with Hindu votes — not with Muslim votes. BJP MLAs and MPs hold their positions today because of Hindu and ST votes.
7:59: I have been suspended for 30 days simply for speaking up for Hindus — for raising my voice against the obstacles faced during Saraswati Puja. But I stand my ground. I am proud to be a Hindu's son, a Sanatani, living in Hindustan. It was Hindu voters who helped me defeat Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram. I am proud today that for Hindus, for Maa Saraswati, for Baghdevi, Svet Subhro Devi, for standing up to individuals like Alimuddin and Shabbir Ali for obstructing Shree Panchami celebrations in educational institutions, they have suspended me and my three other colleagues.
10:17: The next time the chief minister enters the assembly, we will chant "Shame, Shame Mamata Banerjee". I was suspended simply for speaking up for Hindus, but I am proud of it. During this period, our MLAs will not receive assembly allowances, and we do not need them. Even though the Leader of the Opposition is entitled to an allowance, I have not taken it for the past eight months, and I will continue to reject it for the next month because my suspension from the assembly was unjust. For speaking up for Hindus and Bagdevi (Goddess Saraswati), this government — a government of Mollahs, a government for Muslims, a government for the Ansarullah Bangla (militant organisation in Bangladesh) 7 Sheikh gang, a government for Kashmiri terrorist Javed Munshi — has targeted me. The chief minister is an appeaser of Muslims, an enemy of Hindus, leading a government that is nothing less than Muslim League 2.0. That is why our movement against this government will continue. I leave it to the Hindus of Bengal to decide..."
At the 11:47 mark of the video, Adhikari concludes his address and proceeds to take questions from the press. In response to various questions, he makes remarks similar to the ones mentioned above. He repeats that he won with Hindu votes and accuses the TMC government of catering exclusively to Muslims.
What Happened on Saraswati Puja?
The entire row erupted against the backdrop of allegations that some schools/colleges in West Bengal had reportedly faced obstructions, allegedly from Muslim TMC workers, in holding Saraswati puja. On February 2, LoP Adhikari posted on X that a TMC booth president named Allimuddin Mondal had threatened the principal of a school in the Nagarukhra area of Haringhata in West Bengal's Nadia district over the latter's decision to organize Saraswati puja in the school/area where the puja had apparently never been held before.
A similar incident was reported at Jogesh Chandra College in Kolkata, the alma mater of West Bengal chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, where an individual named Shabbir Ali allegedly threatened students and attempted to stop Saraswati Puja celebrations. A dispute broke out between students of two sections of the college -- the day section which offers general degree courses and the law college -- after the former set up a pandal that reportedly obstructed the space originally designated for the latter. Law college students further alleged that Shabbir Ali, an alumnus and representative of the Trinamool Congress student wing (TMCP), had barged into the college premises with outsiders, issuing threats against them for planning to hold Saraswati Puja. Some female students also claimed that Ali and his group had threatened them with rape. Ali refuted the charge.
Following this, a girl student filed a petition in the Calcutta high court seeking its intervention. A single-judge Bench of Justice Jay Sengupta directed the police to remove the makeshift pandal outside the main building of the campus to allow the law college students to perform Saraswati Puja on the campus. Further, the judge directed the police commissioner to assign a joint commissioner and deploy armed police personnel to ensure that students from both day college and law college could conduct their pujas on campus without interference from outsiders. Bengal education minister Bratya Basu visited the college campus accompanied by local Trinamool Congress MP Mala Roy on the day of the Puja and was greeted with 'We Want Justice' slogans from some female students.
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