Stung by criticism over its minister's silence when Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Tuesday that a proposed Nanar chemical refinery would not be scrapped, aggressive Shiv Sena legislators stole the Speaker's ceremonial mace and created a ruckus in the assembly on Wednesday, demanding that the project be cancelled.

To everyone's surprise, the Sena MLAs got support from their vehement opponent Nitesh Rane (Congress) in scuffling with the Assembly staff while trying to carry the mace away from the Speaker's dais.