On 4th August 2005, when Banerjee was in the Opposition and the state was under communist rule, she held very different views on the issue. She had thrown papers at the deputy speaker and had raised the issue of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants obtaining voter id cards in her state.
Patowary said that 12% of work-related to the scanning of 'speaking order' was left and that rejection slips would be issued after the work gets completed around March 20.
On February 10, the apex court had observed that there must be a designated site to carry out such protests and raised concerns about whether public inconvenience can be caused by blocking roads indefinitely.