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Mumbai: Rejecting all possibilities of withdrawing
suspensions of three BJP MLAs charged with humiliating
the Deputy Speaker, Pramod Shinde, Chief Minister Vilasrao
Deshmukh also made it clear that there would be no reduction
in the period of the suspension of six months.
BJP MLAs like Eknath Khadse (former Irrigation Minister),
Sudhir Mungattiwar and Girish Mahajan had allegedly
used “derogatory” words and hurled abusive
remarks against the Deputy Speaker in the Speaker's
Chamber on December 13 following which the House had
passed a ruling to suspend the three MLAs. Parliamentary
Affairs Minister, Harshwardhan Patil, had moved a motion
and the decision was taken after the conducted voice
vote was in favour of the suspension.
Deshmukh said, “Shende has yet to recover from
the shocking incident”. He added that it would
be offending to ask the Speaker to reduce the period
of suspension at such a time. The members will be debarred
from entering the Assembly in Nagpur and the Vidhan
Bhawan in Mumbai for six months.
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