Kolkata: When the power crisis in the state came up for discussion in the Assembly on Wednesday,power minister Nirupam Sen faced grim questions from Left Front members but not from the Opposition.
The mystery was resolved later,when Congress and Trinamool members jointly moved an adjournment motion,branding Sen a villain in the infamous Sainbari massacre in Burdwan on March 17,1970 exactly four decades back and demanded a discussion.When speaker Hashim Abdul Halim disallowed the motion,members of the two benches created bedlam on the floor of the House for about half an hour,shouting slogans and waving placards,demanding Sens resignation and arrest.
Later,they walked out of the House and boycotted the debate on the governors address.We have decided to boycott Nirupam Sen as he is the mastermind behind the Sainbari massacre.Thats why we did not put any question to him on the power situation in the state either, opposition leader Partha Chatterjee and Congress legislature party leader Manas Bhunia said in a joint news conference later.
Sen was seen sitting in the House and laughing,possibly at the refusal of the opposition to pin him down on the precarious power situation in the state.But the Sainbari issue helped the opposition present a united face.Not only did Congress and Trinamool achieved floor coordination by jointly tabling an adjournment motion,the two parties held rallies in different parts of the state during the day,demanding punishment for those guilty of the Sainbari massacre.Congress organised a central rally at Burdwan town.
Chatterjee and Bhunia announced that their legislators would again table an adjournment motion jointly on March 19,demanding seizure of illegal arms in the state.According to them,these weapons are being held by CPM to attack members of opposition parties.
During question hour,several Left Front legislators,including CPM members,asked Sen why units in generating stations had collapsed and why people were facing power shortage.This is the examination season and students are complaining to us that we keep mum in the assembly while they are suffering, one of them said.Another said zari workers in Howrah could not work because of low voltage of power supplied to them.
The mystery was resolved later,when Congress and Trinamool members jointly moved an adjournment motion,branding Sen a villain in the infamous Sainbari massacre in Burdwan on March 17,1970 exactly four decades back and demanded a discussion.When speaker Hashim Abdul Halim disallowed the motion,members of the two benches created bedlam on the floor of the House for about half an hour,shouting slogans and waving placards,demanding Sens resignation and arrest.
Later,they walked out of the House and boycotted the debate on the governors address.We have decided to boycott Nirupam Sen as he is the mastermind behind the Sainbari massacre.Thats why we did not put any question to him on the power situation in the state either, opposition leader Partha Chatterjee and Congress legislature party leader Manas Bhunia said in a joint news conference later.
Sen was seen sitting in the House and laughing,possibly at the refusal of the opposition to pin him down on the precarious power situation in the state.But the Sainbari issue helped the opposition present a united face.Not only did Congress and Trinamool achieved floor coordination by jointly tabling an adjournment motion,the two parties held rallies in different parts of the state during the day,demanding punishment for those guilty of the Sainbari massacre.Congress organised a central rally at Burdwan town.
Chatterjee and Bhunia announced that their legislators would again table an adjournment motion jointly on March 19,demanding seizure of illegal arms in the state.According to them,these weapons are being held by CPM to attack members of opposition parties.
During question hour,several Left Front legislators,including CPM members,asked Sen why units in generating stations had collapsed and why people were facing power shortage.This is the examination season and students are complaining to us that we keep mum in the assembly while they are suffering, one of them said.Another said zari workers in Howrah could not work because of low voltage of power supplied to them.
The dilapidated house in Burdwan where the murders took place on March 17,1970
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