Oppn Members In Goa Assembly Face 2-Day Suspension After Protest Over Manipur Violence

All seven opposition members of the Goa legislative assembly were suspended for two days after they protested and created a ruckus on the floor of the House over Manipur violence.

All seven opposition members of the Goa legislative assembly were suspended for two days after they protested and created a ruckus on the floor of the House over Manipur violence.

Source : PTI

All seven opposition members of the Goa legislative assembly were suspended for two days on Monday after they protested and created a ruckus on the floor of the House over Manipur violence, as reported by the news agency PTI. According to the news agency, the suspended members are Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao, Congress MLAs Altone D’Costa and Carlos Ferreira, AAP’s Venzy Viegas and Cruz Silva, Goa Forward Party’s Vijai Sardesai, and Viresh Borkar of Revolutionary Goans Party.

Alemao demanded a discussion on strife-torn Manipur on the floor of the House after Question Hour. He claimed that the private members’ resolution moved last Friday by Cruz Silva on the issue was disallowed by Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar. Opposition members, who were dressed in black, created ruckus on the House floor. 

The Speaker said that the entire country is sensitive about the issue. “The Union home ministry is dealing with the issue. The issue is discussed in Parliament. We cannot allow discussion on the issue on the floor of the House,” the Speaker ruled, as quoted by PTI. Unhappy with the reply, the opposition members rushed to the well of the House shouting “Manipur, Manipur”.

As MGP legislator Jit Arolkar, who supports the BJP-ruled government, continued to speak, the opposition members rushed towards him with posters and tried to prevent him from speaking. The opposition members were pushed out of the House by marshals.

Following the incident, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and environment minister Nilesh Cabral demanded action against the opposition members and said that such behaviour cannot be tolerated. Speaker Tawadkar suspended the seven opposition MLAs from the assembly for two days from Monday.

Clashes first broke out in early May in Manipur after a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ was organised in the hill districts to protest against the Meitei community’s demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.

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