Later, in a meeting with Patel and some of the senior members of the Opposition party, Vora tendered an apology to the woman MLA.
During the question hour today in the Assembly, Patel stood up to ask a sub-question related to a starred question raised by BJP MLA Jagroopsinh Rajput about the grant given to municipalities.
When Patel was about to put forward her query, Vora asked her to sit down and made some comments, which was inaudible to others due to the chaos.
Before going inside the Speaker's chamber, Patel turned emotional and broke down. Later, Patel told media-persons that Vora has apologised to her during the meet.
"During Question Hour, the Speaker asked me to sit down and said, 'don't be over smart'. Such comments were very shocking for me. It was like an insult to a woman. When we took up the issue with Vora, he tendered an apology, which I have accepted," Patel told media persons.
Vora too gave his response after the meeting and accepted his mistake.
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