Last Updated: December 01, 2023, 16:08 IST
The TMC legislators led by party supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee were singing the national anthem on November 29.
The state’s ruling party accused the BJP legislators of shouting anti-state government slogans and ringing bells while the anthem was sung barely 50 metres away.
Police complaints were lodged against 11 BJP MLAs of West Bengal charging them with disrespecting the national anthem during a sit-in on the assembly premises earlier this week.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Sobhondeb Chatterjee said the complaints were lodged on behalf of the Trinamool Congress Legislature Party.
The TMC legislators led by party supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee were singing the national anthem on November 29 at the base of BR Ambedkar’s statue before calling off a demonstration against the Centre’s discriminatory attitude towards West Bengal.
The state’s ruling party accused the BJP legislators of shouting anti-state government slogans and ringing bells while the anthem was sung barely 50 metres away.
The saffron party, however, asserted that even if the anthem was sung by TMC MLAs, it was being done in a very low volume, inaudible from their protest spot and alleged that efforts were on to frame them in fabricated charges.
“The BJP has shown scant respect to the national anthem and appropriate action is being initiated,” senior minister Chandrima Bhattacharya said. Assembly Speaker Biman Bandyopadhyay also said that appropriate steps would be taken.
An assembly secretariat source said the Hare Street police station has registered FIRs against 11 BJP MLAs in this connection. Video footage of the alleged incident has been submitted to the police, the source said.
Asked to comment, senior BJP leader and Siliguri MLA Shankar Ghosh told.
