The opposition has alleged that when they were opposing the Insurance Bill in the House on Wednesday they were manhandled by male marshals. Congress MP Chaya Verma who is the Congress Whip said, "I was pushed by male marshals and subsequently I fell on Phulo Devi Netam who fell on the floor in the House while I was trying to make way."

NCP chief Sharad Pawar said in my entire parliamentary career, I never saw the way the women MPs were attacked today in the Upper House. "More than 40 men and women were brought into the House from outside. It is very sad and painful, it's an attack on democracy."