BJP MLAs stage walkout in Bengal Assembly as speaker refuses discussion on Birbhum killings
Kolkata Mar 24 PTI Opposition BJP MLAs staged a walkout in the Assembly on Thursday after the speaker refused to grant time for a discussion on the recent Birbhum killingsAs soon as the members assembled Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari along with other saffron party MLAs rushed to the well of the House demanding a discussion on the violence in Birbhum that claimed eight left eight dead including two childrenThe saffron party legislators held placards that had Manush mara sarkar aar nei dorkar we do not want this government which kills people written on themAs speaker Biman Banerjee turned down the demand the BJP MLAs staged a walkoutReplying to a debate on the budgetary grant of Rs 17602 crore for her department minister of state for health and family welfare Chandrima Bhattacharya said opposition members were keener on creating a ruckus than participating in the discussion on governance-related mattersShe pointed out that the Left Front government during 2010-2011 had allocated just Rs 3584 crore for the health department and the grant under the TMC rule swelled to Rs 17602 croreBhattacharya also said that the Mamata Banerjee government had to incur huge expenditure for managing the situation that arose out of COVID-19 pandemicShe noted that the government set up oxygen plants in 27 hospitals and administered COVID-19 vaccines — including the first second and booster doses — to 139 crore peopleShe rued that the opposition failed to see these achievements of the TMC government and preferred to criticise the dispensation over other mattersThe minister further stated that the TMC government spent Rs 4092 crore for its health scheme — Swasthya Sathi which offers cover for secondary and tertiary careShe claimed that the Centres Ayushman Bharat health scheme was a copy of Swasthya SathiBhattacharya maintained that the number of nursing training schools nursing colleges and multi-super speciality hospitals has also risen in the state over the past decadeThe budget for the health department was passed by a voice vote during the day PTI DC RMS RMS
Kolkata Mar 24 PTI Opposition BJP MLAs staged a walkout in the Assembly on Thursday after the speaker refused to grant time for a discussion on the recent Birbhum killingsAs soon as the members assembled Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari along with other saffron party MLAs rushed to the well of the House demanding a discussion on the violence in Birbhum that claimed eight left eight dead including two childrenThe saffron party legislators held placards that had Manush mara sarkar aar nei dorkar we do not want this government which kills people written on themAs speaker Biman Banerjee turned down the demand the BJP MLAs staged a walkoutReplying to a debate on the budgetary grant of Rs 17602 crore for her department minister of state for health and family welfare Chandrima Bhattacharya said opposition members were keener on creating a ruckus than participating in the discussion on governance-related mattersShe pointed out that the Left Front government during 2010-2011 had allocated just Rs 3584 crore for the health department and the grant under the TMC rule swelled to Rs 17602 croreBhattacharya also said that the Mamata Banerjee government had to incur huge expenditure for managing the situation that arose out of COVID-19 pandemicShe noted that the government set up oxygen plants in 27 hospitals and administered COVID-19 vaccines — including the first second and booster doses — to 139 crore peopleShe rued that the opposition failed to see these achievements of the TMC government and preferred to criticise the dispensation over other mattersThe minister further stated that the TMC government spent Rs 4092 crore for its health scheme — Swasthya Sathi which offers cover for secondary and tertiary careShe claimed that the Centres Ayushman Bharat health scheme was a copy of Swasthya SathiBhattacharya maintained that the number of nursing training schools nursing colleges and multi-super speciality hospitals has also risen in the state over the past decadeThe budget for the health department was passed by a voice vote during the day PTI DC RMS RMS
