Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MLA Chandrima Bhattacharya on Thursday served a privilege notice against Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal assembly Suvendu Adhikari for his purported comment on Speaker Biman Banerjee. After Adhikari, a BJP leader, was not allowed by the Speaker to raise the matter of election in Nandigram in the assembly, saffron party MLAs led by him staged a walkout on Tuesday and purportedly told reporters that Banerjee has become a "servant of the party (TMC)".
Adhikari defeated Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from the Nandigram constituency by 1,956 votes in the assembly election held earlier in the year. The TMC supremo, however, has moved the court challenging the poll result. The Speaker acknowledged the notice which seeks a reply from Adhikari within a week, which would be examined by the assembly privilege committee for any subsequent action.
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