Uproar in Rajya Sabha over Birbhum killings

Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned briefly during the morning session on Friday amid a uproar after BJP MP Roopa Ganguly raised the Birbhum incident in West Bengal in which eight people were charred to death.

The BJP member, in her Zero Hour mention, termed the incident a case of mass murder.

This led to a protest by members of the TMC, the ruling party in West Bengal, and some of them trooped in the Well of the House.

Treasury benches members too raised counter-slogans.

Amid the uproar, Deputy Chairman Harivansh, who was presiding over the session, adjourned the proceedings for about 25 minutes till 12.10 pm.

Eight people, including two children, were charred to death in Bogtui village of Bengal’s Birbhum district in the suspected fallout of a TMC panchayat official’s murder.

Opposition parties welcomed the Calcutta High Court order delivered on Friday for CBI investigation into the violence, alleging that the state police, acting on the behest of the TMC government, was trying to hush up the matter.

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