Ruckus in house forces Maharashtra Governor to leave abruptly

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari abruptly cut his address to the state legislature amid sloganeering by leaders of the Maha Vikas Aghadi and the Bharatiya Janata Party. The Congress said the governor’s conduct was not being met by his office and he should be ‘remembered’ by the Centre.

The commotion started as soon as the governor addressed the state assembly. MVA leaders started chanting Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj ki Jai, while BJP leaders demanded the resignation of minister Nawab Malik. Within a minute of the sloganeering, the Governor stopped his speech and left the House, leaving everyone stunned as it had never happened before in Maharashtra.

NCP state president Jayant Patil said, “This has never happened in the legislative history of the state. The Governor left without completing his speech due to BJP’s indisciplined sloganeering.

He said the governor did not even bother to wait for the national anthem to play.

State Congress President Nana Patole said that the party is considering moving a proposal to recall the Governor by the President. “He is behaving more like a BJP leader than a governor. If he wants to continue as governor then he will have to stop working as a BJP leader,” said Patole

Originally published at Pen 18