Kolkata: The Left front and the Congress legislature party today participated in the all party meeting at the state assembly in Kolkata, ahead of the extended budget session.
The Left front and the Congress had boycotted all previous party meetings for several sessions, accusing the West Bengal government of not giving enough importance to the views of the opposition in the assembly.
But on Wednesday, both the parties attended the meeting.
The session is scheduled to begin from July 20.
Senior Congress leader and MLA Asit Mitra said the decision to attend the meeting was taken to enable the assembly function in a democratic way.
“After nearly a year, we have participated in the all party meeting as we wanted to raise a few issues. We hope that we will be allowed to raise those issues in the house,” Mitra told reporters.
However, according to sources, the Congress’s change in stance is due to the fast changing equations in national politics, where the party and the Trinamool Congress are trying to corner the BJP government at the Centre on various issues.
Mitra said that they, along with the Left front, have decided to bring up issues such as violence in panchayat polls and admission of undergraduate students in colleges.
Left front legislative party leader Sujan Chakraborty said issues concerning the masses would be raised in the assembly.
According to sources, three amendment bills are likely to be placed in the assembly in this session.
(PTI)