In yet another embarrassment for the BJP-led saffron alliance Government, the ruling Shiv Sena on Monday joined the Opposition Congress and NCP in creating ruckus and forcing three noisy adjournments in the State Assembly over the dismissal of Maharashtra’s Advocate General Srihari Aney’s demand for separate Marathwada State.
Aney’s statement made at Jalna on Sunday espousing the cause of statehood for Marathwada, one of the backward regions in Maharashtra, triggered wide-spread protests triggered wide-spread protests in both the Houses of Maharashtra legislature, with the ruling Sena and all Opposition members demanding his dismissal from his post.
Trouble began in the State Assembly soon after the Assembly for the day. The ruling Sena cornered its senior alliance partner BJP over Aney’s statement.