India, Feb. 5 -- West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Thursday abruptly stopped reading out a written speech in the state assembly during the budget session after about four-and-a-half minutes and walked out of the House, triggering sharp political reactions from the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Calling the move a deliberate signal, leader of the opposition and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari said the Governor's action amounted to a symbolic rejection of the speech drafted by the Mamata Banerjee government. "This was the governor's symbolic refusal to read out a speech prepared by the Mamata Banerjee government. He stopped after reading a few lines and laid the paper," Adhikari told the media.

As Bose exited the House, BJP leg...