KOLKATA: As many as 50 of Bengal’s 75 BJP MLAs walked into Raj Bhavan, headed by leader of resistance Suvendu Adhikari, to publish a memorandum on Monday, the stunt turning out to be an indirect headcount amid speculation of a party legislators shifting loyalties into Trinamool Congress after Mukul Roy’s departure.
The BJP delegation filed to governor Jagdeep Dhankhar that the memorandum on continued post-poll violence and advocated authorities of their anti-defection legislation which debars MLAs elected to some party emblem from shifting sides unless these defectors form one third of the meeting’s complete member strength.
“Originally we thought of carrying 30 MLAs into the Senate, maintaining the Covid-19 position in your mind.
However, the amount increased slowly along with the 50-member delegation met the Senate,” said BJP chief Manoj Tigga.
“We shall write into the speaker in the meeting, Biman Bandyopadhyay, also encourage him to apply the legislation in the country that’s been glossed over for the previous ten decades.
We’ll wait for 10 times and may take to lawful recourse afterwards,” Suvendu stated.