Jaipur, August 29: Ugly scenes were witnessed in Rajasthan Assembly on Monday when an opposition BJP MLA flung a sandal towards Congress members and a ruling party lawmaker retaliated by brandishing his shoe following a heated exchange between two legislators.
Bhawani Singh Rajawat, MLA from Ladpura constituency in Kota district, was suspended from the House for one year for hurling the footwear. The sandal, however, did not hit anyone.
The incident occcured when Congress MLA Raghu Sharma interrupted BJP MLA Pramila Kundara while she was speaking in the house during the zero hour.
Kundara alleged that Sharma had illegally transferred 18-bigha land of a water body in his wife’s name near Sheeldoongarli in Chaksu.
Raghu objected and made some comments against Kundara following which angry BJP MLAs stormed the Well. In the ruckus, a sandal was hurled towards the Congress MLAs from among the opposition members and it fell near the officers’ gallary.
Raghu retaliated by bradishing his shoe at the opposition following which the House was adjourned for half an hour.
When a securityman took the sandal in his possession, Congress MLA Pratap Singh took it and the ruling party MLAs went to the chamber of the Speaker Deependra Singh Shekhawat.
Later, it became clear that Rajawat had hurled the sandal.
–Agencies