<span style="color: #222222;">In the Maharashtra Assembly today, the Opposition MLAs staged walkout after legislative assembly </span>Speaker Rahul Narwekar denied debate on the phone-tapping incident raised by Congress MLA Nana Patole. <br />''<br />''Leader of Opposition Ajit Pawar said that rule 57 of the state legislature entails to keep aside the listed proceedings to take up issues of utmost importance.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Despite relentless pleas by the Opposition legislators before the Speaker to discuss the phone-tapping incident, the same was denied, to which Mr. Pawar said that Mr. Narwekar is shielding the government. He then staged a walk-out from the House along with other Opposition MLAs.</span><br />