MLAs demand action against API,disrupt budget session for 3rd day

Angry MLAs questioned denial of bail to MLAs Kshitij Thakur and Ram Kadam even after 48 hours of their arrest. The police decision to shift Suryavanshi from the civic St George Hospital to the private Bombay Hospital was also discussed.

Harshvardhan Patil said: “Some issues have upset MLAs. We are trying to reason with them and find a way to ensure smooth work in the budget session.”

Sources in the home ministry said unless Suryavanshi was discharged from hospital and facts related to his alleged bad behaviour were established through a preliminary probe,they could not take action.

The home minister has started consultations with the legal department to ascertain if police committed excesses in slapping sections such as section 353 and section 560 on Thakur and Kadam.

MLAs,including that of ruling Congress and NCP,are pitching for revoking suspension of the five MLAs,but the government is reluctant as it fears public wrath.

Leader of opposition in the council said,“We hope the work to be smooth from Monday.”