Mayhem in Assembly over renaming Jyoti Basu Nagar

The House,however,was not adjourned and continued with its business till recess.

There was mayhem in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly on nesday with the main opposition the Left Front demonstrating against the Speaker for arbitrarily changing the format of a question by the Leader of Opposition on naming Rajarhat New Town as Jyoti Basu Nagar.

Soon after the House began with Question Hour,Speaker Biman Banerjee allowed the Leader of Opposition Surya Kanta Mishra to ask his question on naming New Town as Jyoti Basu Nagar as listed in the House.

Mishra alleged the format of the question that he had submitted was changed without consulting him.

Mishra also protested in the House stating state urban development minister Firhad Hakim had given a wrong statement in the House on the status of the New Town Kolkata Development Authority (Amendment) Bill,2011 passed by the erstwhile Left Front government naming New Town Kolkata as Jyoti Basu Nagar.

While the minister said that Governor M K Narayanan had returned the Bill without giving his assent,he had told them Tuesday that he was not aware of it,Mishra said.

Angry over these developments,the Left Front members rushed out of the House flashing placards and shouting slogans against the change of question and the subsequent developments.

The House,however,was not adjourned and continued with its business till recess.

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