Din in Maharashtra Assembly as Congress seeks suspension of MLAs who hit Rahul Gandhi's poster with footwear; Speaker Rahul Narvekar to issue code of conduct
The Hindu
Noisy scenes were witnessed in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on March 24 after Congress members demanded suspension of those members from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena, who hit a poster of Rahul Gandhi with footwear a day ago over his remarks against Hindutva ideologue V. D. Savarkar. The House was adjourned three times as pandemonium prevailed due to sloganeering by Congress legislators and the treasury benches.
Noisy scenes were witnessed in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on March 24 after Congress members demanded suspension of those members from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena, who hit a poster of Rahul Gandhi with footwear a day ago over his remarks against Hindutva ideologue V. D. Savarkar.
The House was adjourned three times as pandemonium prevailed due to sloganeering by Congress legislators and the treasury benches.
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Assembly Speaker Rahul Narvekar later said he would issue a set of standard operating procedures (SOPs) and code of conduct for the members in respect of references to Prime Minister, Chief Minister and national leaders, while Chief Minister Eknath Shinde slammed the Opposition for "insulting" Savarkar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The members of the BJP and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena had on Thursday hit the poster of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with footwear on the stairs of the Legislature complex in Mumbai for his remarks against Savarkar.
Mr. Gandhi has been repeatedly targeting Savarkar. During the Maharashtra leg of his Bharat Jodo Yatra in November last year, Mr. Gandhi had claimed that the Hindutva ideologue helped the British rulers and wrote a mercy petition to them out of fear.
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