Trinamul Panel Seeks MLAs' Leave Details From Speaker

The disciplinary committee of Trinamul Congress' legislative party in the West Bengal Assembly, which is probing the absence of party MLAs in the just-concluded Budget Session ignoring party whips, has sought details of the leave applications submitted by the legislators to the office of the Speaker.

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A source in the West Bengal Cabinet said that the decision to seek the details of such leave applications submitted at the Speaker's office was taken at the first meeting of the disciplinary committee on Monday.

"In this case, the whip was about 100 per cent attendance of party legislators in the House on the last two days of the Budget Session on 19 March and 20 March.

"While the presence was almost 100 per cent on 19 March, over 50 party legislators remained absent on 20 March.