Papers torn, MPs come close to scuffle as Lok Sabha sees pandemonium over Bill to remove ministers detained on graft charges
In a rare moment, BJP and TMC MPs came close to a scuffle in the Well of the House.
As soon as Union Home Minister Amit Shah rose to introduce this and other Bills, MPs from the Trinamool Congress stormed the Well of the House, shouting slogans. They were, however, not joined by other members of the Opposition at that moment.
Congress MPs stood up to speak against the Bill and opposed its introduction. Things became tense when Congress MP K C Venugopal, while opposing the Bill, brought up the issue of Shah's arrest in the Sohrabuddin Shaikh encounter case. Shah stood up to say that he had resigned as Gujarat Home Minister before the arrest.
As the verbal duel reached its crescendo, Venugopal tore the Bill and threw it in the Well. This was followed by other Congress MPs and opposition party members, including Samajwadi Party's Dharmender Yadav, doing the same. After this, all opposition MPs came to the Well of the House and started shouting slogans.
Amid all this, TMC's Kalyan Banerjee, in an apparent bid to be heard, came close to Shah's mic while he was speaking on the Bill and started shouting slogans.
Seeing this, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju rushed to Shah's seat and angrily asked Banerjee to step back. Taking the cue, the entire Treasury Beaches moved towards the TMC MPs. They came so close that Shah himself had to intervene, asking people to calm down.
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