Thursday, August 4 2005 16:06 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: Firebrand Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee today (August 4, 2005) threw a bunch of papers at the Speaker's podium, creating a commotion in the Lok Sabha after she was disallowed to speak on illegal migration of Bangladeshis into West Bengal.

The notice given by Banerjee for an adjournment motion on the issue had been disallowed by Speaker Somnath Chatterjee earlier but she insisted on raising it despite being repeatedly told by Deputy Speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal, who was in the chair, that a four-hour discussion on it had already taken place.

Even as some Left party members objected to her plea, Banerjee refused to take her seat and kept repeating her demand during the zero hour.

A highly agitated Banerjee thereafter rushed to the well and started crying and threw a bunch of papers at Atwal, forcing him to adjourn the House for 25 minutes.

Chatwal told Banerjee that the notice of her motion had already been disallowed by the Speaker and so he could not do anything about it.

After the House adjourned, a sobbing Trinamool Congress leader was seen being comforted by Prabhunath Singh (Janata Dal-United), Jayaprada (Samajwadi Party) and some other members.

She continued sitting in the House after it was adjourned.