14 Congress MLAs suspended from State Assembly

Gandhinagar: Independent MLA Jignesh Mevani and 14 Congress MLAs were suspended for a day from the Gujarat Assembly after they protested over various issues by shouting slogans today during the last session of the 14th Gujarat assembly.

Today is the first day of the 2-day session of assembly. The MLAs namely Jignesh Mevani, Kanu Baraiya, Geniben Thakor, Pratap Dudhat, Vijaybhai, Amrish Der, Babu Vaja, Puna Gamit, Chandanji Thakor, Naushad Solanki protested in the state assembly over various issues. Leader of Opposition Sukhram Rathva demanded a special half-hour discussion on issues concerning agitating government employees, farmers, Anganwadi workers and ex-servicemen, at the start of the proceedings. The congress MLAs and Mevani rushed near the well of the House and started shouting slogans and raised placards, when the speaker denied Rathva’s demand.

The MLAs were directed to go back to their seats by the speaker Nimaben Acharya. However, Gujarat Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Rajendra Trivedi proposed suspension of the MLAs sitting in the well as they refused to go back to their seats. The speaker Nimaben Acharya suspended 14 congress MLAs and Mevani for a day. They were evicted by the marshals from the House. DeshGujarat