The Mamata Banerjee government has decided to move a motion in the Bengal Assembly against the alleged misuse of central agencies by the BJP-led Centre to suppress political opponents, especially in states ruled by non-BJP parties.

The treasury benches will move the motion during a brief session starting on Wednesday. The motion is likely to be brought to the floor of the House on September 19. A proposal for the motion has already been submitted. Parliamentary affairs minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay said Bengal would be the first state in the country to take up such a motion in the Assembly to condemn the allegedly politically motivated hyperactivity of the central agencies in the saffron regime.

“This will be a motion to condemn the misuse of the central agencies. Everything, from the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate to income tax department, even the Election Commission of India, is being used by the Centre to target and corner non-BJP forces across the country,” said Chattopadhyay, adding that he expected both the treasury benches and the Opposition to participate in the discussion on the resolution.

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has been fiercely critical of the alleged misuse of the agencies by the Centre, more so since the arrest by central agencies of Trinamul Congress heavyweights Partha Chatterjee and Anubrata Mondal in corruption cases.

In the face of the renewed alacrity by central probe agencies in Bengal over the past couple of months, the Trinamul Congress chairperson has been showing signs of shifting gears and adopting an increasingly aggressive counterattack as her principal strategy against the barrage of onslaughts over corruption charges against the party.

The discussion in the Assembly, in which Mamata is likely to participate, would be a similar exercise, said sources.The BJP has been apparently keen to grab political opportunities arising out of the arrest of Chatterjee and Mondal with both hands and find some wind in its flagging sails. The CPM, too, has been relentless in its derisive criticism of Trinamul, directly questioning Mamata’s personal probity.

“Expect yet another disdainful dismissal of all allegations, in what is likely to be met with a walkout or some demonstration by the BJP’s legislature party,” said a senior on the treasury benches.“Although the CPM and the Congress have no members in the House, both the parties are also likely to be attacked in the discussion,” he added.