BJP legislators staged protests after the microphone of another BJP MLA was disconnected in the midst of his speech during a debate on the budgetary allocations. One party legislator was suspended from the house for the day. Two other party MLAs were forced out of the house by the Speaker of the House. One BJP legislator from Kharagpur (Sadar) constituency in West Midnapore district was participating in the debate on budgetary allocations for certain state government departments. The Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari said that Hiran Chatterjee’s microphone was disconnected since he was revealing the truth about the functioning of the state government on the floor of theHouse. The Speaker is also currently under suspension from the House for a month for his part in the incident. He said that the Speaker had no authority to decide on what subject he would speak about in the house. The BJP legislators claimed to be before the expiry of the time allotted to him for participating in. the debate, leading to the protest of BJP MLAs. They staged a walkout from the. house and started protesting at the Assembly lawn outside shouting slogans.