Din in Maharashtra Assembly, Council over FIR against BJP MLC Pravin Darekar

The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and Council on Tuesday witnessed adjournments over the issue of an FIR registered against Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council Pravin Darekar and the disconnection of power supply to some farmers in the stateThe Mumbai police on Monday registered an FIR against Darekar for allegedly using bogus membership of a labour organisation to become director of the Mumbai Bank following a complaint by an Aam Aadmi Party functionaryDarekar was on the Mumbai Banks board as a representative of a labour organisationAs soon as the House assembled for the day on Tuesday Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Devendra Fadnavis sought to know how many members of the legislature were heading labour organisationsWhen Fadnavis was raising this issue Shiv Sena MLA Balaji Kalyankar demanded that farmers electricity connections snapped for nonpayment of dues be restoredAmid noisy scenes from members of both the opposition and treasury benches the House had to be adjourned twice first for five minutes and later for 15 minutesAfter the second adjournment BJP members were in the well of the House shouting slogans against the state Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA governmentMahesh Shinde and Balaji Kalyankar both Shiv Sena demanded the government restore electricity to transformers of the farmersState Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anil Parab said the issue will be debated in the HouseTo this Fadnavis wondered what debate the government wants to conduct when Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawars assurance that power connections will not be cut was not being followedNot just the opposition but even the treasury benches are demanding that electricity of farmers shouldnt be disconnected Farmers are committing suicide every day he saidThe Chair then adjourned the House till 12 noonWhen the House reassembled after the third adjournment BJP members again went into the well of the House and shouted slogans against the governmentFadnavis demanded that the state government immediately make an announcement on the issue of power supply to farmersHe stated that Ajit Pawar had said farmers power connections will not be cut till May this year Still his assurance is not being followed and farmers are committing suicide the BJP leader saidHe said if the issue of farmers unrest is not highlighted in the Assembly the cultivators will not forgive the elected representativesAmid the noisy scenes the Lower House was then adjourned for the fourth time till 1 pmThe issue of the FIR against Darekar also figured in the Legislative Council which was also adjourned for some time after the BJP members shouted slogans against the MVA governmentBJP MLC Bhai Girkar said The FIR against Darekar is an attempt to muzzle the voice of the opposition The MVA government has taken action against him because it is being cornered for of its own wrong doings and various scandals that the BJP is exposingAmid the din in the Council Chairman Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar adjourned the House for 25 minutesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever