Rahul Gandhi disqualification row: Ruckus in Assam assembly, 3 MLAs suspended

GUWAHATI: The Assam assembly, on Wednesday (March 29), witnessed a ruckus over the disqualification of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as a Lok Sabha MP.

The opposition in Assam introduced an adjournment motion to discuss the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi from Lok Sabha.

Notably, senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was disqualified as a Lok Sabha MP on March 24 after he was convicted by a Surat court in a defamation case.

Following the ruckus in the state assembly, created by the opposition legislators, Assam speaker Biswajit Daimary suspended at least three MLAs for the day.

The three Assam MLAs to be suspended from the House for the day are: Independent MLA Akhil Gogoi and Congress MLAs Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha and Jakir Hussain Sikdar.