10-21-2008, 12:50 AM
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http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detail...id=oct2108/at05
State violence rocks Lok Sabha
Kalyan Baruah
NEW DELHI, Oct 20 â Lone BPF MP, Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmutiary today nearly created history of sorts, when he single handedly managed to stall the proceedings of the Lok Sabha over the recent incidents of violence in the twin districts of Darrang and Udalguri. The Kokrajhar MPâs act in the House, however, put a question mark over the alliance with the Congress in Assam, as he indulged in verbal altercations with senior Congress leaders, loudly protesting the âState Governmentâs inactionâ during the carnage.
Visibly upset, UPA leaders including the Prime Minister, Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, External Affairs Minister, Pranab Mukherjee watched in silence, as Bwiswmutiary taunted the Congress MPs.
A stunned Prime Minister left the House mid-way, as the MP squatted in front the Treasury Bench, amidst chaos in the House, ignoring repeated warnings of Speaker, Somnath Chatterjee, who at one point of time threatened to suspend him.
However, these had little impact on Bwiswmutiary, who did not relent despite gentle persuasions of Congress floor managers. Congress leaders Madhusudhan Mistri, Kirip Chaliha tried to get Bwiswmutiatary return to his seat, but to no avail.
To the embarrassment of the Congress Party, the MP accused Tarun Gogoi Government of inept handling of the situation, adding to the glee of the opposition BJP. His remarks naming a community, later expunged by the Speaker, left a section of the MPs including the CPI-M members very agitated, as the Speaker realising the futility of situation adjourned the House for over three hours.
As reported by this newspaper on Friday, Bwiswmutiary again served a notice for discussion and he came prepared complete with photographs of the carnage. He had them wrapped around his chest and rushed to the Well of the House, as soon as it resumed proceedings, this afternoon.
The BJP leaders including Rajen Gohain, Narayan Borkotoki and Khiren Rijiju, among others, joined him. The pandemonium continued for a while, before the Speaker managed to bring order by requesting other MPs to get back to their seats. But the Speakerâs plea had no impact on Bwiswmutiary, who continued with his protest first at the Well, then opposite the Treasury bench.
The Bodo MP, however, returned to his seat, after the Speaker assured him to allow him to speak at the first opportunity. True to his words, he allowed him, as soon as the papers were laid, but requested him to take off the photographs tied around him.
A thundering Bwiswmutiary then started off by giving a detailed account of the violence, alleging that Pakistan-backed fundamentalist forces were responsible for the riots. He claimed that religious sanctity of a particular community has been insulted.
Describing the acts of violence as diabolical assault on the integrity of the country, he alleged that Pakistani flags were hoisted, in at al least three places by the fundamentalist forces. He charged that members of different communities were attacked, even as the Police failed to make sense of the palpable tension.
Seizing the opportunity, the Opposition Bench joined the commotion and demanded a statement by the Prime Minister, as he was a MP from the State. However, Bwiswmutiary has not yet finished and once again rushed to the Well of the House shouting slogans. He wanted the Speaker to allow him to complete his speech.
By this time, the temperatures in the House had gone up by several notches and Chatterjee had a tough time pacifying the MPs. Finding the Speaker unrelenting, Bwiswmutiary first squatted on the floor of the House in front of the Speaker and then in front of the Prime Minister and Sonia Gandhi.
Sensing that the situation was slipping out of hand, the Speaker adjourned the House saying, â I hope the country is seeing how MPs are deliberately stalling proceedings for political gain.â
The unsavory developments left the Congress Bench mood sour. A handful of Stateâs MPs including Chaliha, Dip Gogoi, Anwar Hussain and the two ministers could do little to counter the Bodo MP. The Guwahati MP was seen trying to intervene but failed to do much.
Later, Bwiswmutiary told newsmen that he wanted a probe by the CBI into the violence.
He held the district administration and local police officials responsible for the violence. However, he wondered how the Chief Minister could take so much risk by claiming that it was not a Pakistani flag.
<b>Bwiswmutiary, further said he was thoroughly unhappy with the role of All Assam Students Union and those leaders, who were torchbearers of the Assam agitation. âHindustan is gone for ever,â he remarked, as BJP MPs rushed to shake his hands after the heated exchanges.</b>
State violence rocks Lok Sabha
Kalyan Baruah
NEW DELHI, Oct 20 â Lone BPF MP, Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmutiary today nearly created history of sorts, when he single handedly managed to stall the proceedings of the Lok Sabha over the recent incidents of violence in the twin districts of Darrang and Udalguri. The Kokrajhar MPâs act in the House, however, put a question mark over the alliance with the Congress in Assam, as he indulged in verbal altercations with senior Congress leaders, loudly protesting the âState Governmentâs inactionâ during the carnage.
Visibly upset, UPA leaders including the Prime Minister, Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, External Affairs Minister, Pranab Mukherjee watched in silence, as Bwiswmutiary taunted the Congress MPs.
A stunned Prime Minister left the House mid-way, as the MP squatted in front the Treasury Bench, amidst chaos in the House, ignoring repeated warnings of Speaker, Somnath Chatterjee, who at one point of time threatened to suspend him.
However, these had little impact on Bwiswmutiary, who did not relent despite gentle persuasions of Congress floor managers. Congress leaders Madhusudhan Mistri, Kirip Chaliha tried to get Bwiswmutiatary return to his seat, but to no avail.
To the embarrassment of the Congress Party, the MP accused Tarun Gogoi Government of inept handling of the situation, adding to the glee of the opposition BJP. His remarks naming a community, later expunged by the Speaker, left a section of the MPs including the CPI-M members very agitated, as the Speaker realising the futility of situation adjourned the House for over three hours.
As reported by this newspaper on Friday, Bwiswmutiary again served a notice for discussion and he came prepared complete with photographs of the carnage. He had them wrapped around his chest and rushed to the Well of the House, as soon as it resumed proceedings, this afternoon.
The BJP leaders including Rajen Gohain, Narayan Borkotoki and Khiren Rijiju, among others, joined him. The pandemonium continued for a while, before the Speaker managed to bring order by requesting other MPs to get back to their seats. But the Speakerâs plea had no impact on Bwiswmutiary, who continued with his protest first at the Well, then opposite the Treasury bench.
The Bodo MP, however, returned to his seat, after the Speaker assured him to allow him to speak at the first opportunity. True to his words, he allowed him, as soon as the papers were laid, but requested him to take off the photographs tied around him.
A thundering Bwiswmutiary then started off by giving a detailed account of the violence, alleging that Pakistan-backed fundamentalist forces were responsible for the riots. He claimed that religious sanctity of a particular community has been insulted.
Describing the acts of violence as diabolical assault on the integrity of the country, he alleged that Pakistani flags were hoisted, in at al least three places by the fundamentalist forces. He charged that members of different communities were attacked, even as the Police failed to make sense of the palpable tension.
Seizing the opportunity, the Opposition Bench joined the commotion and demanded a statement by the Prime Minister, as he was a MP from the State. However, Bwiswmutiary has not yet finished and once again rushed to the Well of the House shouting slogans. He wanted the Speaker to allow him to complete his speech.
By this time, the temperatures in the House had gone up by several notches and Chatterjee had a tough time pacifying the MPs. Finding the Speaker unrelenting, Bwiswmutiary first squatted on the floor of the House in front of the Speaker and then in front of the Prime Minister and Sonia Gandhi.
Sensing that the situation was slipping out of hand, the Speaker adjourned the House saying, â I hope the country is seeing how MPs are deliberately stalling proceedings for political gain.â
The unsavory developments left the Congress Bench mood sour. A handful of Stateâs MPs including Chaliha, Dip Gogoi, Anwar Hussain and the two ministers could do little to counter the Bodo MP. The Guwahati MP was seen trying to intervene but failed to do much.
Later, Bwiswmutiary told newsmen that he wanted a probe by the CBI into the violence.
He held the district administration and local police officials responsible for the violence. However, he wondered how the Chief Minister could take so much risk by claiming that it was not a Pakistani flag.
<b>Bwiswmutiary, further said he was thoroughly unhappy with the role of All Assam Students Union and those leaders, who were torchbearers of the Assam agitation. âHindustan is gone for ever,â he remarked, as BJP MPs rushed to shake his hands after the heated exchanges.</b>