KOLKATA: Bayron Biswas, the lone Congress MLA of the West Bengal Assembly took oath as a member of the House on Wednesday, 20 days after he received a by-election. Speaker Biman Banerjee administered oath to Biswas who mentioned he would try to battle for the individuals’s points on the ground of the House. The Congress which drew a clean within the 2021 meeting election within the state secured a seat as Biswas wrested the minority-dominated Sagardighi constituency from the ruling Trinamool Congress in a by-poll held final month. He was supported by the CPI(M)-led Left Front.
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Sandhya Rani Tudu was the lone TMC legislator who was current on the oath-taking ceremony. A few BJP MLAs and senior Congress leaders had been additionally there.
Speaking over the delay within the oath-taking ceremony, Biswas mentioned had he been a TMC legislator, his oath-taking ceremony would have been accomplished inside every week.
“Just because I am a Congress MLA; it took 20 days to organise my oathtaking ceremony,” he mentioned. The results of the by-poll to Sagardighi in Murshidabad district was introduced on March 2.
“The people of Sagardighi have allowed me to serve them and the people of the state. I will fight for the people’s issues on the floor of the House. I would aim to uphold my party’s views and fight the corrupt TMC regime and divisive forces,” he informed reporters.
Biswas’s victory from Sagardighi has kicked off a disagreement, with Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee accusing the Congress of getting a tacit understanding with the BJP within the state.
The TMC just lately additionally introduced that it’ll preserve equidistance from the BJP and the Congress and would attempt to align with regional events to battle the saffron camp within the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
Meanwhile, hours earlier than the oath-taking ceremony of Biswas, TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh demanded his arrest accusing him of abusing TMC chief Sanjay Jain and his mom over the telephone.
Ghosh launched an audio clip during which the Congress MLA allegedly used abusive phrases towards Jain, a TMC chief of Dhuliyan in Murshidabad district and his mom.
“In a civilised society, this is not acceptable. We demand that the police initiate legal action against him,” Ghosh mentioned.
PTI couldn’t independently confirm the authenticity of the audio clip.
Reacting to Ghosh’s allegation, Biswas dubbed it as baseless and politically motivated. “These are being fabricated as the TMC is yet to digest its defeat in the Sagardighi by-poll,” he mentioned.
In the 2021 meeting elections, the Congress and the Left Front didn’t open their account within the West Bengal Assembly for the primary time since independence. The Congress and the Left supported ISF candidate Naushad Siddiqui was elected from the Bhangore seat then.
