Senior CPM leader Anisur Rahman apologised unconditionally in the West Bengal Assembly on Tuesday for his obscene comments against West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee at Itahar in UttarDinajpur in December last year, after a privilege motion was moved against him.
Parliamentary affairs minister Partha Chatterjee moved the privilege motion against Rahman for his comments at a Krishak Sabha programme in his constituency at Itahar on 26 December in connection with the chief minister’s announcement of compensation for rape victims.
‘He had made such derogatory remarks against chief minister Mamata Banerjee that the words cannot be uttered,’ Chatterjee said. Trinamool Congress had submitted a notice on breach of privilege against Rahman on 28 December for his comments, which had sparked outrage in political circles.
Asked to reply by speaker Biman Bandopadhyay, Rahman said that his mode of delivery might have been wrong and he had already apologised for his remarks, amidst jeers from the treasury benches.
Parliamentary affairs minister Partha Chatterjee moved the privilege motion against Rahman for his comments at a Krishak Sabha programme in his constituency at Itahar on 26 December in connection with the chief minister’s announcement of compensation for rape victims.
‘He had made such derogatory remarks against chief minister Mamata Banerjee that the words cannot be uttered,’ Chatterjee said. Trinamool Congress had submitted a notice on breach of privilege against Rahman on 28 December for his comments, which had sparked outrage in political circles.
Asked to reply by speaker Biman Bandopadhyay, Rahman said that his mode of delivery might have been wrong and he had already apologised for his remarks, amidst jeers from the treasury benches.