Five Congress MLAs suspended for 'causing injury' to Maharashtra Governor

Five Maharashtra Congress Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) on Wednesday were suspended from the state legislature for a period of two years for reportedly 'causing injury' to Governor C Vidyasagar Rao.

Rahul Bondre, Amar Kale, Ranjit Kamble, Vijay Wadettiwar and Abdul Sattar have been suspended from the Maharashtra assembly for protesting against the trust vote held earlier in the day with immediate effect.

Reacting to this action, Sattar alleged that his party is being targeted and their voices are being suppressed.

"We are being targeted, our voices are being suppressed," Sattar told the media.

Meanwhile, Congress Party leader Rashid Alvi said that the speaker of the state assembly does not have the right to take action on incidents that takes place outside the assembly.

"The Speaker doesn't have the right to take action on anything that takes place outside the Assembly," Alvi told ANI.

According to reports, the suspended Congress legislatures have 'caused injuries' to two legislature officials as well as the Governor.