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Maharashtra Assembly adjourned briefly over suspension of 12 BJP MLAs

The Maharashtra Assembly was on March 10 adjourned till the end of the Question Hour over the issue of presence of a BJP MLA who was among the 12 party legislators suspended for a year during the monsoon session in July 2021.

Shiv Sena MLA Bhaskar Jadhav said in the House that the judiciary cannot interfere in the proceedings of the legislature. The Supreme Court earlier this year quashed the one-year suspension of the 12 BJP MLAs, saying it was “worse" than expulsion or disqualification and that such an action beyond the remainder period of an ongoing session would impact the democratic setup.

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