Unruly scenes were witnessed in the West Bengal Assembly on the first day of its budget session on Monday as Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar was unable to give his inaugural address with BJP MLAs staging a protest in the House over alleged violence in the recently concluded civic polls.
Dhankhar, who arrived at the assembly at 2pm to deliver the inaugural address, could not do it as BJP legislators carrying posters and photographs of alleged victims of the civic poll violence came down to the well of the house to stage a protest.
The governor was twice seen pleading with the BJP MLAs to let the proceedings begin, but the saffron party MLAs remained adamant. They raised Jai Shri Ram and Bharat Mata ki Jai slogans.
As the governor was about to leave the House, ruling party MLAs including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee requested him to stay, following which Dhankhar again urged the BJP lawmakers to calm down, but in vain.
TMC members also raised anti-BJP slogans from 2.26pm onwards.
The stalemate was under way till the report was filed as Dhankhar and Speaker Biman Banerjee were urging legislators to bring order to the House.
