NEW DELHI, 17 November 2021, (TON): The West Bengal state legislative assembly passed a resolution against the Indian government's decision to extend the Border Security Force's jurisdiction to conduct seize operations and make arrests.

The resolution was passed with 112 votes favouring it and 63 opposing it, reports our New Delhi correspondent.

West Bengal became the second state after Punjab where the assembly passed such a resolution on November 11.

In October, the BJP-led federal government amended the BSF Act to authorise the border guarding force to conduct search and seizure operations and make arrest within a 50km stretch, extending from 15km, from the international border in Punjab, West Bengal and Assam.

While Bengal and Punjab are ruled by TMC and Congress respectively, the BJP is in power in Assam.

The resolution in the West Bengal legislature was moved by the state's Parliamentary Affairs Minister Partha Chatterjee under Rule 169 of the Procedures of Conduct of Business of the House.

Chatterjee said ''we demand that this decision be withdrawn immediately as enhancing the area of jurisdiction of the BSF is a direct attack on the country's federal structure.”