The West Bengal Assembly has handed a invoice, elevating the superannuation age of the vice-chancellors (VC) of two state-run agricultural universities from 65 to 70 years.
Altogether 119 TMC MLAs voted in favour of West Bengal Krishi Visyavidyalaya Laws Amendment Bill 2022, whereas 53 BJP legislators voted in opposition to it. One MLA, ISF’s Nawsad Siddiqui, abstained from the train.
Speaker Biman Banerjee then carried out a headcount of ayes and nays, and concluded that 119 had voted in favour the laws and 53 opposed it.
As he learn out the names of legislators who voted in opposition to the invoice, the point out of Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari and legislator Mihir Goswami – who’re scheduled to hitch House proceedings from Friday with their suspension order revoked earlier within the day – prompted flutter within the House, with the treasury bench accusing the saffron camp MLAs of utilizing unfair means.
The BJP MLAs had been fast to disclaim the allegations.
The speaker pacified each side and said that opposition MLAs, occupying seats of the 2 suspended leaders, may need pressed the button by mistake. “There was no one occupying the seats of Adhikari or Goswami. We stand by our statement that 53 of our MLAs have voted against the bill. The same was confirmed by the honourable speaker,” Saffron get together legislator Agnimitra Paul mentioned.
Earlier within the day, agriculture minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay, after tabling the invoice within the House, said the superannuation age of VCs was 70 years “in 90% of the agricultural varsities” within the nation.
“If a person has the ability to discharge responsibilities after 65 years, why should he be not allowed?” the veteran MLA mentioned.
With inputs from PTI.
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