Bengal Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee has directed the security agencies to beef up security inside the State Assembly premises. The decision comes in the wake of the Lok Sabha smoke bomb attack.
"No assembly members, staff and journalists will be allowed to enter the premises without their identity cards. The West Gate will be meant for visitors only. They will be allowed to stay inside the assembly premises for two hours only," Banerjee has said.
"Police will question if a visitor is found overstaying inside the Assembly premises," he said, adding even the entry and exit of the vehicles will be strictly monitored. The decision was taken in an emergency meeting where it was also decided to install CCTV cameras at the gates. "Vehicles of members will not be allowed to enter the assembly unless they have designated stickers. No additional police personnel will be allowed inside the lobby of the assembly other than the security personnel for the MLAs," the Speaker said.
Incidentally Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee too had on Thursday reviewed the police arrangements at the state secretariat 'Nabanna'. According to sources the Chief Minister found some security guards absent at the gates following which she directed the senior officers concerned to look into the matter.
