Farm laws: WB govt to table resolution

The Trinamool Congress government has asked all the political parties to clear their stand on Centre's farm laws at the Assembly session on Thursday.

TMC secretary general and West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee said that all the parties have been asked to clear their stand on January 28 so that a resolution can be taken and a whip was circulated regarding the same. The first day of the two-day Assembly session was adjourned on Wednesday after paying tribute to demised leaders including former President Pranab Mukherjee.

Meanwhile, Kolkata turned into a battlefield of sorts on Wednesday as Chhatra Parishad marched towards the Assembly demanding the opening of educational institutes and the Teachers’ Unity Open Forum demanding equal pay for equal work clashed with police during their march towards the Assembly building.

“We want equal pay for equal work for which we held an agitation in the North gate of the Assembly, but police didn’t allow us and even heckled us and dragged us away,” claimed Seema of Teachers’ Unity Open Forum.

Saurav Prasad, president of Chhatra Parishad, who was arrested with others for breaking police barricades at North Kolkata, slammed the ruling Trinamool Congress for not opening the educational institutes by maintaining pandemic protocols and also not recruiting for the empty posts.