Protests by political leaders were once again witnessed during the ongoing Maharashtra monsoon session on Wednesday. Several leaders from opposition and the Shiv Sena MLAs supporting state Chief Minister Eknath Shinde came face-to-face and began shouting slogans against each other on the steps of the Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai. Pic/ PTI
Updated On: 2022-08-24 05:05 PM IST
The NCP MLAs carried carrots in an bid to taunt the ruling Shiv Sena-BJP coalition. The Shinde faction MLAs tried to snatch the carrots from the NCP legislators, raising tension on the legislature building steps.
Some legislators from the two sides then intervened and diffused the tension. Pic/ Pradeep Dhivar
Members from both the sides kept shouting slogans against each other for some time and then went inside Vidhan Bhavan to attend the day's proceedings. Pic/ Pradeep Dhivar
The opposition and the Shinde-faction MLAs also got into arguments. Pic/ Pradeep Dhivar
Eknath Shinde and 39 other Shiv Sena MLAs had revolted against the party leadership in June this year, which led to the collapse of the Uddhav Thackeray-led government comprising the Sena, NCP and Congress. Pic/ PTI
