Kolkata: West Bengal Speaker Biman Banerjee expressed displeasure over legislators not attending meetings of the assembly standing committees. Banerjee, who had earlier criticised the MLAs for not being regular when the House is in session, said he has noticed that some legislators sign the attendance sheet of the standing committee meetings to avail the allowances but do not attend it.
"This is unacceptable... The standing committee meetings are held to discuss and deliberate important issues and policies. But this is not being done. I request all legislators to attend these meetings," he said on Thursday. According to the norms of the assembly, a legislator is allotted membership in two committees -- a departmental standing committee and a committee of the House.