BJP MLC Padalkar apologises after din in Maharashtra Council over his remarks

BJP MLC Padalkar apologises after din in Maha Council over his remarksMaharashtra Legislative Council was adjourned twice on Wednesday after BJP legislator Gopichand Padalkar allegedly made some insulting remarks against Minister of State for Home Shambhuraj Desai and Councils Deputy Chairperson Neelam GorheLater Padalkar apologised in the House and Gorhe instructed that the MLCs remarks be expunged from the official records of the House proceedingsThe House was discussing a proposal by the opposition members over the law and order situation in the statePadalkar allegedly made some remarks while referring to DesaiAs Desai objected to the remarks senior NCP legislator Satish Chavan joined him and asked Padalkar to tender an apology but the latter refused to budgeDespite Gorhes intervention the ruckus continued following which the House was adjourned twice for 10 minutes and seven minutesWhen the House resumed Padalkar said I inadvertently hurt the sentiments of some legislators hence I apologise for it I had no intention of making any personal or insulting remarksLater the Council was adjourned again for 15 minutes after an uproar from the opposition members over their demand for the removal of minister Nawab Malik from the state cabinet as he has been arrested in a money laundering caseLeader of Opposition in the Council Pravin Darekar said Nawab Malik is facing allegations of buying land from people linked to 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts As he is behind bars how can he answer queries raised here in the House He should be removed from his post at onceCouncil Chairman Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar refused to accept Darekars demand and continued with the House proceedingsDarekar and other BJP legislators opposed it and started shouting slogans against the governmentThe opposition legislators gathered in the well the House and continued the sloganeeringChairman Nimbalkar first adjourned the House for five minutes and then Gorhe adjourned the House for another 10 minutesThe opposition members later staged a walkout demanding Maliks removal from the state cabinetSenior NCP leader Malik was arrested on February 23 by the Enforcement Directorate ED in a moneylaundering probe linked to the activities of fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and his aides He was on Monday sent to judicial custodyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever