14 Congress MLAs suspended for day amid din in Gujarat Assembly

21 Sep 2022 Evaluate

Independent MLA Jignesh Mevani and 14 legislators of the opposition Congress were suspended for a day from the Gujarat Assembly amid unruly behavior. As soon as the proceedings of the Legislative Assembly started, Leader of Opposition Sukhram Rathva demanded a special half-hour discussion on the issues like agitating government employees, farmers, Anganwadi workers and ex-servicemen. When Speaker Nimaben Acharya rejected his demand, the MLAs of Congress and Jignesh Mevani came to the well of the House and started raising slogans. They carried placards with slogans ‘give justice to employees’, ‘give justice to forest staff’, and ‘give justice to ex-servicemen’.

Speaker requested them to go back to their seats but the Opposition MLAs refused it. Later, Gujarat Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Rajendra Trivedi proposed suspension of the legislators sitting in the well. With the majority voice vote, Speaker Nimaben Acharya suspended Jignesh Mevani and 14 other Congress MLAs for the day. They were evicted by marshals from the floor of the House.








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