For the second consecutive day,Opposition Congress members in Gujarat Friday staged a walk outfrom the Assembly, protesting the "unparliamentary" manner inwhich their leader was criticised.
Congress members were alleging that Minister of Statefor Law and Parliamentary Affairs Pradeepsinh Jadeja behavedin an "unparliamentary" manner by criticising the Leaderof Opposition, who was not present in the House.
Jadeja, in his response to the Motion of Thanks toGovernor's address, had criticised Shankarsinh Vaghela who,yesterday lambasted the state government in his response onthe motion.
Referring to Vaghela's revolt against ruling BJP in1995-96, forming his own political party Rashtriya JanataParty (RJP) when Keshubhai Patel was the Chief Minister,Jadeja took a dig at Congress MLAs for 'sitting with him' now.
When he continued picking on Vaghela, who at that timewas not present in the House, Congress MLAs startedprotesting and raised objections alleging 'unparliamentary'behaviour by the Minister.
Speaker Vajubhai Vala tried to pacify the furiousCongress legislators by assuring them to remove everyunparliamentary word, if ever spoken, by any member of theHouse during their address.
At this, some members like Congress Chief Whip in theHouse Balwantsinh Rajput, C K Raulji, Shailesh Parmaralleged that "in spite of objections, the minister had keptusing unparliamentary words and criticism," following whichthey walked out of the House.