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Amebedkar row: MP Assembly adjourned sine die amid protest over scuffle outside Parliament

Bhopal: After a high voltage drama of ruling and opposition parties in over parliament scuffle on Friday the Madhya Pradesh assembly’s winter session was adjourned sine die. 

On its fifth day of session today soon after the proceedings began, senior BJP MLA Sitasharan Sharma raised Thursday’s incident on Parliament premises and accused Congress MP and LoP in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi of indulging in violence.

After Sharna raised the incident the opposition party Congress MLA and the LoP in the state Assembly, Umang Singhar, objected, saying the House can’t discuss this issue as the person (Rahul Gandhi) is not a member of this House.

The Congress MLAs, who were present in the House sporting blue scarves and Constitution copies, stood up from their benches, shouted slogans and reiterated their demand to seek an apology from the BJP over an alleged insulting remark on B. R. Ambedkar in Parliament.

After the face-to-face off by ruling and opposition party MLAs the speaker Narendra Singh Tomar to adjourn the House sine die.

Later, Cooperation Minister Vishwas Sargang accused the Opposition members of disrespecting the national anthem.

He said, “When the national anthem was played in the House, Congress members started protesting there. It is an insult to the Constitution and national anthem.”

Both the parties later, both sides filed complaints against each other.

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