Goa minister escapes unhurt as bus hits his official vehicle

Goa Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar today escaped unhurt even as a tourist bus hit his official vehicle, police said.
"The mishap occurred in the afternoon at Agassaim village on the national highway. We have registered a case against the driver of the bus with a Maharashtra registration number as he banged his vehicle into the official car of the minister from behind," Agassaim police inspector Uday Parab told PTI.
The accident occurred at a place around 10 km from here as Parulekar was on his way back from his official visit to south Goa.
The minister was seating on the front seat, Parab said.

He said traffic was affected for a few minutes due to the accident but the police rushed to the spot and managed the situation well.
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The BJP and NDA made it clear that they would accept
nothing less than sacking of the minister, while the ruling Grand Alliance leaders including Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, said the matter is closed after the minister has said sorry.
Bihar Congress president and minister Ashok Choudhary told reporters that "first BJP should take resignation from its MP Subramaniam Swamy for making objectionable comments on Congress President Sonia Gandhi in the past."

Deputy Chief minister and RJD Legislature party leader Tejaswi Prasad Yadav pointed towards utterances of Union Minister of State Giriraj Singh against RJD President Lalu Prasad and asked BJP to give him a marching order first.
Mastan's issue continued to disrupt proceedings in both Houses of state Legislature.
In state Legislative Assembly, Leader of Opposition Prem Kumar raised the demand for sacking of the minister in the beginning of Question Hour.
Speaker Vijay Kumar Chaudhary's repeated appeal to maintain order in the House and give a chance to the minister to speak on the issue did not move BJP and NDA MLAs who trooped into well of the House and raised anti-government slogans.

Some Grand Alliance MLAs rose from their seat to shout down NDA members. Amid din the House was adjourned till 2 PM.
The scene was no better in state Legislative Council, where NDA members led by Sushil Kumar Modi raised Mastan's issue and forced adjournment till 2:30 PM.
Mastan, who is in the eye of storm, was present in Council but was not allowed by NDA to speak.
Tejaswi Yadav attacked BJP for refusing to give a chance to the minister to make a statement. Talking to reporters outside Assembly, he also sought action against opposition MLAs who overturned Reporters table during stir yesterday and threw chair.

Parliamentary Affairs minister and JD(U) leader Shrawan Kumar also hit at BJP for not allowing the minister to speak.
Sushil Modi told reporters in his Council chamber that its not only a matter of use of "unparliamentary and uncharitable" comments on PM but more than that a heinous act of inciting crowd to hit a photograph of PM kept on stage with shoes.
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Meanwhile, Abdul Jalil Mastan today said he has
already expressed regret for the February 22 incident.
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As soon as the House resumed in the post-lunch session at 2 pm, agitated BJP members led by Prem Kumar continued with their demand for sacking of Prohibition, Excise and Registration department Minister Abdul Jalil Mastan for his undignified remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

"What problem the Chief Minister has in taking action against the minister when Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi have also supported action against him. The CM says he neither protects nor implicate anyone, then why he is not taking action against the minister who made undignified statement against the PM," Prem Kumar said.
The BJP members rushed to the well and sat on dharna raising slogans against the government demanding Mastan's sacking.
Speaker Vijay Kumar Choudhary tried to pacify the BJP members with his repeated request to them to take their seats and participate in the debate on Budget 2017-18 but they did not relent and continued with their sloganeering in the House.

The Speaker, who initiated the debate on Budget, adjourned the proceedings till 3:30 pm after 20 minutes of din and uproar in the House.
Even RJD MLA Rajendra Kumar spoke on Budget amid uproarious scenes.
In the din, the Finance minister Abdul Bari Siddiqui read out his reply amid din, pandemonium and sloganeering when the House met at 3:30 pm again.
In his reply, Siddiqui rebutted the opposition's claim that it is a lacklustre Budget with no focus - spelled out his government's priority saying that the Grand Alliance government has put "development, poverty alleviation and financial stability" in the foreground of its agenda. Siddiqui, who could not complete his reply, tabled his written reply on the floor of the House.

In the end, when the House was about to be adjourned, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar made a comment in lighter vein over opposition members staging sit-in in the well requesting Speaker "These members are sitting in the well of the House. They have parched throat (due to slogan shouting). Please get them water.