Maharashtra House suspends four MNS legislators

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09 November,2009 09:31 pm

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly today suspended four Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) members for four years on charges of assaulting SP MLA Abu Asim Azmi, who took the oath in Hindi against their party leader Raj Thackeray's diktat, and misbehaving with a woman legislator. The resolution for their suspension, moved by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Harshvardhan Patil, was adopted by a voice vote with Shiv Sena-BJP alliance members abstaining. Patil described as most condemnable the conduct of the newly elected MNS MLAs - Shishir Shinde, Ram Kadam, Ramesh Wanzale and Vasant Gite - and said it was against the highest tradition of the House.