20 Congress MLAs were suspended for a day from the Gujarat Assembly after they rushed to the well of the House demanding discussion on recent unseasonal rains which affected farmers in the state.
Earlier, the House was adjourned for more than 40 minutes on the same issue.
Congress chief whip Balwantsinh Rajput had demanded an immediate discussion on losses suffered by farmers due to unseasonal rains and hailstorm in the last few days. Speaker Ganpat Vasava told Rajput that his ‘urgent attention call notice’ to discuss issue had been accepted by him and he would schedule the discussion in next one or two days. He also told Rajput that it would not be proper as per the rules of the Legislative Assembly to discuss the issue immediately.
The Congress member, however, insisted that they would like to have an immediate discussion on the issue, a demand which the Speaker refused.
After the Speaker’s refusal to discuss the issue, around 20 MLAs of the Opposition party rushed to the well of the House shouting slogans and carrying banners against the state government.
Speaker suspended all the 20 Congress MLAs for a day from the Assembly.
Leader of Opposition Shankarsinh Vaghela and some other Congress MLAs walked out of the House in protest against the suspension of their 20 MLAs.
