Farmer suicides: Uproar mars Rajasthan assembly proceedings

The budget session of the Rajasthan assembly opened on Thursday to chaos, when a few members of the opposition benches entered the well of the House protesting against issues such as farmer suicide, deteriorating law and order.

The budget session of the Rajasthan assembly opened on Thursday to chaos, when a few members of the opposition benches entered the well of the House protesting against issues such as farmer suicide, deteriorating law and order, and the alleged clash between BJP MLA Chandrakanta Meghwal and police last week.

As the house resumed, Congress Whip Govind Singh Dotasara raised the issues of corruption, deteriorating law and order and farmer suicides. (PTI File Photo)

The opposition members — Golma Devi, Geeta Verma, Kirori Lal, Naveen Pilani, Hanuman Beniwal and Manoj Nyangli — sat in the well a few minutes after governor Kalyan Singh started his address to the
House.

As the house resumed, Congress Whip Govind Singh Dotasara raised the issues of corruption, deteriorating law and order and farmer suicides.

Dotasara also demanded full factual report of the Kota incident, in which a BJP MLA was allegedly manhandled.