Rajasthan Congress workers staged a massive protest outside the Rajasthan Assembly against the BJP government over the suspension of six Congress MLAs from the assembly.
In the meantime the deadlock in the Vidhansabha continued on fourth day on Monday as state Congress president and suspended MLA Govind Singh Dotasara refused to apologize and demanded that the concerned minister who made the Dadi comment should apologize first.
Congress has called on a gherao of Rajasthan Vidhansabha against the Dadi of Congress remark about former PM Indira Gandhi and suspension of six Congress MLAs.
#WATCH | Jaipur: Rajasthan Congress workers staged a massive protest outside the Rajasthan Assembly against the state government over the suspension of six Congress MLAs from the assembly
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Barricading and police forces deployed to stop the protestors. pic.twitter.com/gHmkTwVyej
The party workers, including MP Harish Meena and Murari Lal Meena with several other senior leaders marched towards the Vidhan Sabha but were stopped by the police. A clash took place between the party workers and police and water cannons were used to disperse the protesters who were arrested by the police later.
In the meantime, the deadlock in the house continued on the fourth day as well and Congress boycott the proceedings as none of the benches were ready to apologize first.
Although, at one point, the deadlock was about to be resolved after the positive talks and there was a consensus on reinstating the 6 Congress MLAs suspended from the assembly, but after this, the deadlock emerged again on the issue of who apologizes first. The suspended MLA Govind Singh Dotasara refused to apologize and demanded that the concerned minister who made the comment should apologize first.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Jogaram Patel said, "The deadlock was couldn't be resolved due to just one member. He wants to hijack the House. Such a member is not needed. After this, Leader of Opposition Tikaram Julie announced to boycott the House.