As expected, the 45-day-long Budget Session of Gujarat Assembly began on stormy note on Monday as Opposition Congress MlAs didn’t allow Governor OP Kohli to complete his customary speech by creating ruckus over much talked about Kutch sex scandal in which four BJP leaders are allegedly involved.
The Congress MlA entered inside the House wearing black cloths as part of protest over sexual exploitation of females in Nalia town of bordering Kutch district. As governor Kohli came inside the House and started his speech the Congress MlAs initiated shouting slogans — Dikari ne Bachao Balatkario thi (Save daughters from rapists). Despite the fact, the Governor continued his speech, but the opposition party members kept on shouting slogans which forced Kohli to cut short his speech.
Soon after the Governor decided to leave the House, ruling party members also jumped into fray and started counter sloganeering. Some members belonging to BJP as well as Congress were also seen exchanging heated arguments.
Somehow intervention of Assembly speaker Ramanlal Vora brought the situation under control and proceeding could be initiated with paying condolence to former members of the House, who passed away after the last session of Gujarat assembly. As the condolences were paid, again Congress MlAs came into action and started shouting slogans which forced the speaker to adjourn the House for half an hour. As the House begin after the break, Congress MlAs resumed to slogan shouting and the speaker had to adjourn the House for the second time.
When the proceeding was about to start after two adjournments, Parliamentary affair minister Pradipsinh Jadeja’s comment over Congress MlA again worsen the situation. Jadeja called Congress MlAs as “Choro ki Barat” (Group of thieves), which provoked them to start shouting slogans against the government. As the situation went out of the control, the Speaker suspended Congress MlAs for a day.
According to leader of opposition Shankersinh Vaghela his party wanted a Special Investigation Team of police to be formed to probe the case against the arrested eight persons, who had allegedly gangraped the married woman in Naliya.
Meanwhile, Save Daughter Rally of Congress workers began from Nalia on Saturdy reached to the state capital Gandhinagar. As they started marching towards the state assembly building, the police was forced to stop them by doing light baton-charge. The police also detained around 200 Congress workers, who were later on released.