Bedlam in Gujarat Assembly: 2 Cong MLAs suspended; minister hurt

Members of the Congress, who raised the issue of farmers' suicide, and BJP in the Gujarat Assembly on Thursday hurled verbal abuses at each other leading to a scuffle in which a woman minister and an MLA were injured.

Later, two Congress MLAs were suspended from the House for the remaining period of the budget session for allegedly attacking ministers and BJP MLAs, after which opposition Congress walked out in protest.

Assembly Speaker Ramanlal Vora suspended Congress MLAs Paresh Dhanani and Baldevji Thakor on the charges of trying to attack BJP MLAs and ministers Nirmala Wadhwani and Vallabh Kakadiya.

An altercation broke out between the MLAs of both the parties during Question Hour when Dhanani, who represents Amreli seat, sought to know the number of farmers who had committed suicide during the last two years in Junagadh and Amreli district.

In his reply, Agriculture minister Chiman Sapariya stated that no such incidents had taken place during that period.