BJP loses MLA count in Bengal Assembly, 2 MPs resign after winning state polls

Kolkata: The BJP`s MLA count in West Bengal got here right down to 75 from 77 on Wednesday after two of its MPs, who received the Assembly polls and have become MLAs, determined to proceed as parliamentarians and resigned from the legislative Assembly. The two MPs determined to submit their resignation following the get together’s choice. 

Jagannath Sarkar was elected because the MLA of Santipur constituency in the West Bengal polls this 12 months, whereas Nisith Pramanik was elected from the Dinhata constituency. They submitted their resignation to West Bengal Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee.

Cooch Behar MP Nisith Pramanik, who received from Dinhata in the district, and Jagannath Sarkar, BJP MP from Ranaghat who received from Santipur in Nadia district, tendered their resignation to Speaker Biman Banerjee in the state Assembly on Wednesday.

Pramanik advised PTI, “We have followed the party`s decision. The party has decided that we should resign from our Assembly seats.”  

Speaking on the post-poll violence in the state, the MP from Cooch Behar mentioned, “The people of Cooch Behar have rejected Trinamool Congress, so they (Trinamool) are resorting to violence. There will be a by-election now in which the BJP will win again.”

The BJP had fielded 4 Lok Sabha MPs in the West Bengal Assembly Elections. Apart from Pramanik and Sarkar, the get together had fielded Locket Chatterjee and Babul Supriyo whereas Rajya Sabha member Swapan Dasgupta was the fifth MP nominee. 

Dasgupta had resigned earlier than submitting his nomination from the Tarakeswar seat from the place he misplaced the Assembly polls. Both Chatterjee and Supriyo misplaced too.

Trinamool MP Derek O`Brien was quoted as saying, “BJP had fielded four Lok Sabha MPs and one Rajya Sabha MP in the Bengal elections. Three of them lost the elections and two won. These winning MPs also resigned today. The world`s largest party set a world record of achieving zero in the elections.”

“We cannot be part of Lok Sabha and state Assembly at the same time. So the party decided that we need to resign from the post of MLA that`s why we resigned from our assembly seats,” Pramanik advised ANI.

Meanwhile, West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar might be visiting the areas affected by the post-poll violence in West Bengal on Thursday. Following the declaration of West Bengal Assembly ballot outcomes on May 2, incidents of violence have been reported in a number of elements of the state. 

After Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed that the West Bengal Governor`s go to to the violence-affected Cooch Behar district violates norms, Jagdeep Dhankhar requested her to uphold constitutional commitments.

In a letter to the Chief Minister, the Governor wrote, “We both, being constitutional functionaries, are subject to the constitution. I am sure you will at least concede supremacy of the constitution, that by the oath you are ordained to follow. Revisit your stance and commit to the constitution that by the oath you are obligated to uphold and follow. This is time to address issues being faced by people in deep distress.”

(With Agency Inputs)

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