The tussle between the BJP and Shiv Sena took an ugly turn on Tuesday in Maharashtra Assembly when its members came down to exchanging blows before they were stopped by some colleagues. Party members fought over the demand for offering relief to distressed farmers. The house was adjourned and resumed work only to warn the unruly members who escaped suspension because of off-the-house reconciliation between the parties.

The incident took place when the BJP members displayed banners carrying a report published earlier in Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana' demanding R25,000 per hectare aid for farmers hit by untimely rains. Sena's Sanjay Raimulkar tried to snatch the banner away from BJP member Abhimanyu Pawar when the treasury bench members went dangerously close to the CM who was seated in the front row. Sena's Nitin Deshmukh and BJP's Harish Pimple scuffled while Pawar too was caught in the melee. Sena's senior member Bhaskar Jadhav and BJP's Ashish Shelar intervened and separated the MLAs. Following the ensuing ruckus, Speaker Nana Patole adjourned the house for 30 minutes and returned to warn the members that whoever indulged in such behaviour would be dealt with strictly.