Sudip claims his suspension from assembly was against rules

By  Firstdespatch Desk   Jul 08, 2023

Agartala, Jul 8 (FD) Irked by the stern actions taken against him allegedly for "unparliamentarily" words against Treasury bench members and unbecoming behaviors in the state assembly on Friday, Congress MLA Sudip Roy Barman on Saturday said suspension from the Tripura Assembly for the entire budget session was not permissible under the rules and proceedings of the House.

Claiming that this was for the first time a member of the Tripura Legislative Assembly had been suspended for an entire session, Roy Burman said the Speaker bowed to the pressure of the ruling party.

“I did not mention the name of any member of the House. The Speaker has the right to expunge the words, but suspension for the entire budget session is illegal,” he told PTI.

“They (ruling party MLAs) are afraid of my presence in the Assembly. That's why I was suspended illegally. It is a black day for Parliamentary democracy in the state,” he said.

The Pradesh Congress Committee also condemned the action. “Roy Barman is a senior member of the Assembly and has been playing an important role in the House for many years. How can someone keep a senior MLA away from his constitutional rights,” said PCC president Asish Kumar Saha.

Saha said the country had witnessed how Rahul Gandhi was kept out of the Parliament for speaking against the Narendra Modi government.

“It is reminiscent of that ploy to keep Roy Barman out of the Assembly for speaking for the people,” he claimed. FD JK