Twelve BJP MLAs were suspended from the Maharashtra legislative assembly for one year after the state government accused them of “misbehaving” with presiding officer Bhaskar Jadhav in the speaker’s chamber on Monday. A resolution was passed to suspend 12 MLAs for one year for abusing and manhandling the speaker in the chair.
The 12 suspended BJP MLAs are Sanjay Kute, Ashish Shelar, Abhimanyu Pawar, Girish Mahajan, Atul Bhatkalkar, Parag Alavni, Harish Pimpale, Ram Satpute, Vijay Kumar Rawal, Yogesh Sagar, Narayan Kuche and Kirtikumar Bangdia.
The two-day monsoon session of the Maharashtra assembly got off to a stormy start today with leader of the opposition Devendra Fadnavis targeting the state government over an MPSC aspirant’s suicide and the short duration of the session.
The two-day monsoon session of the Maharashtra assembly got off to a stormy start today with leader of the opposition Devendra Fadnavis targeting the state government over an MPSC aspirant’s suicide and the short duration of the session.
The BJP leader demanded that House members be allowed to use all legislative tools to highlight various issues and all questions submitted be answered.
The motion to suspend the MLAs was moved by state Parliamentary affairs minister Anil Parab and passed by a voice vote.
During the period of suspension, the 12 legislators will not be allowed to enter the Legislature premises in Mumbai and Nagpur.
Objecting to the decision, BJP members, led by Devendra Fadnavis, said the opposition would boycott the House proceedings.
“This is a false allegation and an attempt to reduce the numbers of opposition benches because we exposed the government’s falsehood on the OBC quota in local bodies,” Fadnavis said.
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