Councillor plays reed pipe at municipality meet, suspended

Miffed at not being allowed to speak at a municipality meeting here, an independent councillor today chose to protest by playing a reed pipe before the Chairman and faced the music when the House suspended him for two years.
The councillor, Mohammad Asif, left the meeting midway and later returned playing the reed pipe (been). While his action caused a commotion in the House, Asif did not stop there. He went near the Chairman of the BJP-ruled Bhilwara municipality, Lalitha Samdani, and played the reed pipe in front of her.
While BJP councillors tried to stop him, the handful of Congress councillors at the meeting came out in his support.

"There were various issues including operation of a ropeway that I have been trying to take up with the Chairman. I was not given time to speak despite repeated requests. I protested in this way to get my voice heard," Asif said.
The councillor's antics were even caught on video and circulated on social media.
BJP councillors moved a motion and Asif was suspended for two years from the municipality's board meetings, Samdani said.