Gandhinagar, 20 March 2013

All Congress MLAs in Gujarat, today appeared in the assembly house wearing medical masks.

The Speaker objected this and asked opposition party members to remove the masks and sit.

Minister Shri Nitin Patel sought removal of Congress MLAs from the house.

However, before the Speaker could approve or disapprove this demand of ruling party, all Congress MLAs staged walk out.

Later addressing the media, the leader of opposition Shankersinh Vaghela said that Gujarat has witnessed 124 deaths due to swine flu so far, and the state government is not doing enough.

He said Congress wanted to discuss this issue not due to political motives but due to health related concerns.

Shankersinh addressed the media wearing a mask.

NCP MLA too joined the protest led by Congress party, but he was not wearing a mask.

It should be mentioned here that Congress MLAs had walked out from the house on Tuesday also on the same issue.