November 9, 2009 5:48 PM

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4 MNS MLS suspended for attacking Azmi

The Maharashtra Assembly Speaker has suspended 4 MLA's of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena(MNS) for 4 years for misbehaving with a woman MLA and assaulting the SP MLA Abu Azmi for taking oath in Hindi. Chief Minister informed that privilege motion has been passed against the 4 MLAs. The Suspended MLA's include Ram Kadam, Vasant Gite, Shishir Shinde and Ramesh Vanjale. A resolution to suspend the 4 MLAs was proposed by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Harshvardhan Patil which the Speaker adopted.<br/><br/> MNS MLA's created ruckus in the assembly soon after the newly elected SP MLA Abu Azmi Started taking oath in Hindi with Speakers prior permission. Soon after Azmi began taking oath in Hindi, the 13 member-strong MNS contingent rushed towards Azmi, snatching the mike placed for taking oath at the podium.MNS members shouted slogans, demanding that Azmi should take oath in Marathi. The House was adjourned for 30 minutes as the pandemonium continued.<br/><br/> Chief Minister Ashok Chavan said that Constitution allows MLA's to take oath in any language. Condemning the incident the Chief Minister said that such incidents had never taken place before in the Maharashtra Assembly. He also said that suspended MLA's will not be allowed to enter the premises of the Mumbai and Nagpur assembly session.

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