Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from the Lok Sabha created a furore in the state legislature on Friday. The Opposition staged a walk-out in protest and spoke in one voice, criticising the Bharatiya Janata Party for targeting Gandhi in particular, and anti-BJP people in general.

The news broke while Opposition leader in the Assembly Ajit Pawar was questioning the state’s law and order situation while speaking on last week's resolution put up by the MVA. State Congress president Nana Patole took up his party leader’s disqualification, calling it “an act of killing democracy”. He condemned the disqualification and walked out with the rest of his Opposition colleagues.