Jun 20, 2025 07:13 PM IST The West Bengal BJP chief had gone to Budge Budge in South 24 Parganas on Thursday to fulfill an injured get together employee when the incident passed off KOLKATA: Union minister Sukanta Majumdar on Friday requested Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla to provoke breach of parliamentary privilege proceedings over an alleged assault on his convoy by West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress throughout his go to to South 24 Parganas district. Union MoS and West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar (ANI) The West Bengal BJP chief had gone to Budge Budge in South 24 Parganas on Thursday to fulfill an injured get together employee when some individuals staged a protest, demanding unpaid wages below the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) Scheme and threw slippers at his convoy and shouted slogans in opposition to him. In his letter, Majumdar, the Balurghat MP and president of Bengal unit of BJP, stated, “On June 19, while I was visiting Diamond Harbour to meet the victims of political violence and assess the law-and-order situation in the area, my official convoy was gheraoed and violently attacked by a mob reportedly comprising workers of the TMC. Stones were pelted at my convoy, vehicles were vandalized and many persons accompanying me were injured. The attack posed a serious and direct threat to my life and the lives of those present.” “I submit that this incident amounts to serious breach of privilege and contempt of the House and urge you to take cognisance of this matter and refer it to the committee of privileges for appropriate examination and action,” he stated. Majumdar additionally alleged that the police stood as mute spectators. He wrote on X: “The police not only failed to act during the violence — they also failed to take any preventive action, despite clear signs of escalating tension.” Rahul Goswami, superintendent of police (SP), Diamond Harbour police district, refused to touch upon the developments. The central authorities’s determination to droop the Centre’s 60% share of MGNREGA funds has been a significant political situation in West Bengal since 2022. On Wednesday, the Calcutta excessive court docket directed the Centre to renew the MGNREGA from August 1. TMC chief Kunal Ghosh stated the Centre had stopped the wages of the poor individuals who had labored below the MGNREGA scheme. “It is obvious that they were seething with anger. When the people staged protests, Majumdar branded the women as ‘jihadis’. He should apologise in public for his statements,” Ghosh stated. The TMC shared a video clip on social media during which Majumdar may very well be heard saying that the protestors in Budge Budge have been “jihadis”.
