BJP Holds Mock Session Outside Assembly Against Suspension Of 12 MLAs

In the morning, several BJP legislators squatted on the stairs of the Legislature building and shouted slogans against the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government.

BJP legislators, under the leadership Devendra Fadnavis, set up a "counter Assembly" on the steps of the Vidhan Bhavan on Tuesday to hold a mock session as a mark of protest against the suspension of 12 party MLAs from the House for alleged misbehaviour. In the morning, several BJP legislators squatted on the stairs of the Legislature building and shouted slogans against the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA-comprising the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress) government. Fadnavis, who is the leader of opposition in the Assembly, announced BJP MLA Kalidas Kolamkar as the "speaker of the (counter) House" and proposed to hold a discussion. The former chief minister, while addressing the MLAs, claimed the 12 party legislators were suspended on the basis of false allegations.