Kolkata, July 24 -- A political controversy over Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee's Sebashray healthcare initiative is set to dominate proceedings in the West Bengal Assembly on Saturday, alongside the introduction of a significant amendment bill proposing sweeping changes to the functioning of the state's panchayat system.

The row over the Diamond Harbour MP's free healthcare camps gathered further momentum after BJP MLA Debanshu Panda levelled fresh allegations of irregularities in the implementation of the programme. The Falta legislator also made sensational claims while explaining why a Sebashray camp and its temporary infrastructure could not be opened in his constituency.

Panda alleged that several irregularities had taken p...