He took the decision after getting party president Sonia Gandhi’s nod whom he met in Delhi on Sunday. We do not accept it. Mr Mannan protested the Speaker’s decision as Mr Bhunia left the House. “The people will judge him if some one betrays their trust,” he added. Mr Banerjee pointed out that the PAC chairman’s post was, after all, given to the main Opposition party. An upset Mr Mannan said, “The decision is shameful and the chief minister’s involvement in this is unfortunate. He also added that Mr Chakraborty, a CPI(M) MLA, was made the head of a standing committee. He, however, denied he met the CM regarding his arrest warrant or any other personal purpose..In an unprecedented move, Congress members on Monday staged a walk-out, along with the Left counterparts from the House, protesting the appointment of senior Congress MLA Manas Bhunia as the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Assembly following his closed-door meeting with chief minister Mamata Banerjee over the issuance of an arrest warrant against him. According to him, as a public representative he was free to meet her. “It is an ominous sign for democracy,” he claimed. I will inform our party’s central leadeship.
However, the bonhomie and sympathy evaporated when Mr Mannan in his meeting with the chief minister voiced his displeasure over the issuance of warrant against Dr Bhuniya. As the Congress and Left MLAs walked out, Mr Bhunia left the Assembly, refusing to comment. After walking out of the House with the Left MLAs over the guillotining of several budget proposals, Mr Mannan earlier announced that the Congress had decided to gift the post to Mr Chakraborty to further consolidate its alliance with the Left Front.The Left Front welcomed the Congress’ decision. Mr Mannan said the people had voted for China spring brake chamber Factory the Congress to fight against TMC. When Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee announced Mr Bhunia’s name as PAC chairman in the House, Leader of the Opposition Abdul Mannan was stunned into disbelief because only a couple of hours ago he had himself proposed the name of Left Front legislature party leader Sujan Chakraborty as PAC chairman to the Speaker. It was then that she said that she had appointed him PAC chief,” he said. But drama unfolded after Mr Bhunia met the chief minister in her chamber for 20 minutes. “She said she was not responsible for it and claimed it was issued on the basis of the FIR lodged by the victim’s family. Congress MLAs later discussed the ramifications of Mr Bhunia’s appointment in an emergency meeting. State Congress president Adhir Chowdhury alleged that the decision to reward Mr Bhunia was aimed at dividing the Congress Legislature Party and also to drive a wedge between the Congress and the Left. “My lawyer has advised me to not speak on the arrest warrant because it is a sub-judice matter,” he said later.” Mr Chakraborty alleged that the decision was unprecedented.Ironically, shortly before Dr Bhuniya’s appointment, Mr Mannan had expressed solidarity with him and had threatened to launch a statewide agitation if the arrest warrant against him was not withdrawn
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