Abu Azmi roughed up in Maharashtra Assembly for taking oath in Hindi
November 9th, 2009 - 4:18 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai (Maharashtra), Nov 9 (ANI): There was pandemonium on the first day of the new Maharashtra assembly today when Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) legislators roughed up Samajwadi Party MLA, Abu Azmi for taking oath of office in Hindi.
As Azmi started to take his oath in Hindi, several MNS members swooped on him and pushed him aside. Legislator Ramesh Banjle uprooted the microphone from the podium.
As Azmi attempted to save himself, MNS member Ram Kadam slapped him and hit him on the face and chest, shocking the 288-member house that had converged for the oath-taking ceremony.
Earlier, Azmi had expressed his determination to take oath in the national language.Azmi’s announcement had come after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray’s warning to the newly elected legislators asking them to take oath only in Marathi.
Raj Thackeray had challenged Azmi threatening to unleash mob violence in the Maharashtra Assembly if anybody took oath in Hindi. He had warned that the MNS legislators would show what they could do in the house. (ANI)
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