Former Minister and Communist Party of India [CPI(M)] legislator M.M. Mani's allegedly anti-women comments against Revolutionary Marxist Party (RMP) leader K.K. Rema, MLA, roiled the Assembly for the second straight day on Friday.
On Thursday, the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) Opposition had accused Mr. Mani of ‘making light’ of Ms. Rema’s widowhood and ‘callously disavowing’ CPI(M) leadership’s ‘role’ in the politically explosive murder of her husband and RMP founder T.P. Chandrasekharan at Onchiyam in Kozhikode in 2012. They disrupted the House, demanding Mr. Mani’s apology.
On Friday, a similar scene played out in the Assembly. Speaker M. B. Rajesh adjourned the Assembly in the face of a strident Opposition protest during the Zero Hour.