‘Opposition MLAs not safe …’: BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari says TMC MLA tried to ‘assault’ him in Bengal Assembly premises | India News

NEW DELHI: Suvendu Adhikari, leader of the opposition in the West Bengal assembly, alleged on Wednesday that TMC MLA Tapan Chatterjee abused him verbally and tried to assault him in the state legislative.
The BJP leader and Nandigram MLA expressed “insecurity” on being on the assembly premises and wrote a letter to Bengal speaker Biman Bandyopadhyay, seeking action against the MLA of ruling TMC.
“If the opposition MLAs are not safe inside the Assembly premises think about the plight of Opposition Political Workers in the state of West Bengal,” the BJP leader wrote on X.
“I am to state that today at about 12.20 pm at the lower lobby, Tapan Chatterjee, MLA of Purbasthali, rushed towards me and tried to assault me physically and threw abusive language in front of other MLAs and reporters. I felt insecure inside the Assembly precincts,” Adhikari wrote in the letter to Bandyopadhyay.
In the letter, Suvendu also held the speaker responsible for the incident as he “disallowed entry of personal bodyguards of MLAs inside the assembly”.
“This is the second time we were threatened by the ruling party members. They are taking advantage because of the absence of the personal security allotted to us inside the Assembly precincts. You prevented them from entering the Assembly premises,” he added.

Opposition MLAs are not safe in the Assembly premises, Adhikari claimed.
“As a custodian of the House, you will be responsible if any untoward incident occurs inside the Assembly precincts. I request you to take appropriate action against the MLA,” he added.
Later, speaker Bandyopadhyay said he has initiated an investigation into the allegations of Adhikari