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Mamata camp cries foul as Bengal assembly panels go to BJP and rebel TMC
Mamata camp cries foul as Bengal assembly panels go to BJP and rebel TMC
West Bengal's ruling TMC accused the state's BJP government on Friday of colluding with a rebel TMC faction to control assembly standing committees, sidelining the Mamata Banerjee-led camp. TMC MLA Kunal Ghosh…
The Story in Brief
West Bengal's ruling TMC accused the state's BJP government on Friday of colluding with a rebel TMC faction to control assembly standing committees, sidelining the Mamata Banerjee-led camp. TMC MLA Kunal Ghosh alleged that the BJP awarded nine of the ten opposition committee chairmanships to legislators aligned with the Ritabrata Banerjee faction, without consulting his party's legislative leadership. He cited rebel MLA Kanaia Lal Agarwal's appointment as PAC chairman as a 'mockery' of convention.
The controversy follows the assembly secretariat's announcement of chairs for 41 committees, with BJP MLAs heading 31 and opposition legislators taking 10. The rebel camp argues that the distribution merely reflects the opposition's legitimate share and has restored the convention of an opposition-led PAC, which the TMC broke in 2021. The BJP maintains the allocation followed assembly rules, leaving Ghosh to question Speaker Rathindra Basu's neutrality.
The Indian Opinion
The TMC's cry of a BJP-rebel TMC pact in committee appointments conveniently forgets that the party itself broke convention by putting a turncoat on the PAC in 2021. Ritabrata Banerjee's retort that the old practice has been restored is fair, but it sidesteps the core issue: nine of ten opposition chairmanships went to rebel MLAs, none to Mamata loyalists. The real test will be whether Speaker Basu yields to the demand for a review, or lets the ruling party pick and choose which opposition MLAs it recognises.
Source: deccanherald.com
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