The state legislature witnessed rare scenes on Wednesday, when the Speaker of the Assembly and the Opposition leader faced off in the lower house, over the former's remark on the Congress. The lower house stopped work for an hour over it, as the Congress MLAs scaled the Speaker's dais and lifted the sceptre. The presiding officer (Speaker Haribhau Bagde had left the House) continued with business as usual even as Congress members, including Opposition leader Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil, joined his party legislators on the dais to protest the remark. The ruckus ended only when Bagde returned and later expunged his statement.

On Wednesday, Congress legislator from Mumbai, Arif Naseem Khan sought Bagde's permission to speak, but the latter did not allow him. A frustrated Khan made some gestures that a BJP minister objected to, and asked the Speaker to correct him.The Speaker responded, making a remark that raised Congress members' hackles. They ran up to the dais and raised slogans against Bagde. Senior journalists and members of the House said they had never witnessed such an incident before.