In the background of the revival of the council, the BJP alleged that the Trinamool Congress is working towards getting party leaders elected as lawmakers despite having lost the Assembly polls, PTI reported.
The party also reportedly contended that the proposal would put the state exchequer under pressure.
Meanwhile, the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the state Assembly Suvendu Adhikari, along with other BJP MLAs staged a walk-out from the House on Tuesday, after the party got into a verbal dispute with MLAs of the treasury bench, IANS reported.
The argument snowballed after Adhikari mentioned CM Mamata Banerjee’s defeat in the Assembly elections in his speech.
Adhikari had won Nandirgram by a thin margin in the recently-conducted Assembly elections, defeating the present CM.
Adhikari contended this, following which MLAs of the treasury bench started shouting and many BJP MLAs staged a walk-out.
Addressing the press after the chaos, Adhikari said, “When I was speaking, one ruling…