Allow BJP MLAs to sit together, WB party chief to ask speaker

West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh on Monday said he will meet state Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee to request him to allow the six party MLAs to sit together in the house.

These six legislators of the BJP had either won in the 2016 Assembly election or during bypolls later.

"The MLAs of Congress, CPI(M) are allowed to sit together but our MLAs are not. This is not right. I would meet the speaker and request him to make arrangements. It would help our MLAs for better coordination on the floor of the house," Ghosh said.

Besides these six who had won on BJP tickets, there are eight MLAs - seven from the TMC and one from the Congress - who had switched over to the BJP after the Lok Sabha polls.

The BJP is on a wait and watch mode over the issue of assembly membership of these eight.

"There are around 19 MLAs from the Congress and the CPI(M), who had switched over to the TMC since 2016 assembly polls. But they are yet to resign as MLAs. If they resign, we would also ask .