SP, BJP MPs clash in meeting

Samajwadi Party MP Neeraj Shekhar and BJP MP Bharat Singh clashed today during a district vigilance and monitoring committee meeting here.
Trouble started in the meeting being held at Vikas Bhawan to review the Central government schemes when Bharat Singh started raising issues concerning the state government which was opposed by Shekhar.
"Bharat Singh started pressurising for discussing issues concerning irrigation and power departments of the state government and when I drew the attention of District Magistrate Murli Manohar Lal to it, he got agitated and passed unparliamentary remarks," Shekhar, who is son of former prime minister Chandra Shekhar said.

Eyewitnesses said that in response to Bharat Singh's remark, Shekhar tried to manhandle him but the BJP MP from Salempur, Ravindra Kushwaha, and the district magistrate mediated and restored order.
Kushwaha, who was chairing the meeting, when asked to comment on the incident, termed it as clash of ego betweem the two MPs who had been arch rivals during Lok Sabha elections.
Both Bharat Singh and the district magistrate refused to comment on the issue.