Guwahati: Assam Governor Gulab Chand Kataria with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Assam Legislative Assembly Speaker Biswajit Daimary arrives for the Budget Session of the Assembly, in Guwahati, Friday, March 10, 2023. (PTI Photo)
As the opposition MLAs stood up and shouted slogans, searching for to know what motion has been taken in opposition to the legislator, Governor Kataria needed to minimize brief his speech to fifteen minutes
A Maharashtra MLA’s remarks about purported canine meat consuming habits of individuals of Assam led to noisy scenes in its meeting on Friday, with opposition legislators disrupting Governor Gulab Chand Kataria’s speech and later staging a stroll out.
As the opposition MLAs stood up and shouted slogans, searching for to know what motion has been taken in opposition to the legislator, Kataria needed to minimize brief his speech to fifteen minutes.
MLA Bachchu Kadu had reportedly proposed in the Maharashtra Assembly that stray canine be despatched to Assam to manage their rising inhabitants, as they’re consumed by locals in the northeastern state.
The subject was first raised by Congress legislator Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha, who questioned the Assam authorities’s “inaction” in opposition to Kadu, stating {that a} police staff from the state had not too long ago reached New Delhi to arrest celebration chief Pawan Khera over alleged remarks in opposition to the prime minister.
The matter was once more dropped at the fore in the House by the opposition when it reassembled after a quick break.
AIUDF MLA Rafikul Islam urged Speaker Biswajit Daimary to take suo motu cognisance for breach of privilege in opposition to Kadu’s remarks and “make him come to the Assam Assembly and apologise”.
Islam’s colleague Aminul Islam claimed that Kadu was among the many MLAs, who had camped in Guwahati final 12 months throughout the change of presidency in the western state. Independent legislator Akhil Gogoi and CPI(M) MLA Manoranjan Talukdar additionally joined the opposition legislators in demanding motion in opposition to their Maharashtra counterpart.
As the Congress MLAs moved into the Well of the House, Daimary requested them to return to their seats, and method the matter via correct channels.
Amid the ruckus, all of the opposition MLAs staged a stroll out.
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