Treasury benches object to BJP's 'parallel session' outside Maharashtra Assembly

Legislators of the ruling alliance in Maharashtra objected to the BJPs move to organise a parallel session and use loudspeakers in the state Legislature premises here on Tuesday a day after 12 MLAs of the opposition party were suspended for alleged misbehaviourThe 12 BJP MLAs were on Monday suspended from the Assembly for one year after the state government accused them of misbehaving with presiding officer Bhaskar Jadhav in the Speakers chamberLeader of Opposition in the Assembly Devendra Fadnavis had termed the allegation as false and said Jadhavs account of the incident was onesidedOn Tuesday the opposition MLAs led by Fadnavis organised a parallel session in the Legislature building as a mark of protestInside the House NCP leader and state Minority Affairs Minister Nawab Malik said presiding officer Bhaskar Jadhav was getting threats on social media and demanded security for himHe also asked how former MLA Raj Purohit could make political comments in the Vidhan Bhavan premises and distribute papersShiv Sena legislator Sunil Prabhu asked how the opposition members were provided loudspeakers without the permission of the ChairDeputy Speaker Narhari Zirwal said he had not given permission for the use of loudspeakers outside the House and ordered security personnel to confiscate themMalik wondered why the Vidhan Bhavan marshals did not come to take away the opposition MLAs who had on Monday gheraoed presiding officer Bhaskar Jadhav in the Speakers chamberState Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil said adequate security will be provided to JadhavEarlier Jadhav asked the Chair to direct Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anil Parab to request the opposition members to participate in the Assembly proceedingsThe government is going to table a draft agriculture bill on Tuesday and the oppositions feedback is also necessary Jadhav saidMinisters Sunil Kedar and Dhananjay Munde demanded action against security officials who allowed the loudspeakers to be used in the Legislature premisesSenior Congress leader and former CM Prithivraj Chavan wondered why the equipment loudpseakers were not confiscated despite the Chairs directivesThe parallel Vidhan Sabha is being telecast live and this is an insult of this august House Chavan saidWhen presiding officer Bhaskar Jadhav took the Speakers chair he ordered security officials to seize the loudspeakers and stop news channels from telecasting the parallel session liveMalik complained that despite the directives news channels were telecasting the mock session liveState Water Resources Minister Jayant Patil said when they were in the opposition they also held parallel session as mark of protest But we never had the guts to use loudspeakers he addedAlso read Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut justifies suspension of 12 Maharashtra BJP MLAs BJP protestsThis 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