Overview

• Nana Patole was suspended for one day after climbing Speaker Rahul Narwekar’s podium to demand accountability for derogatory comments by BJP MLA Babanrao Lonikar and Agriculture Minister Manikrao Kokate.
• Congress and other opposition MLAs staged a walkout and boycotted the day’s proceedings in protest against Patole’s suspension.
• Patole has pledged to continue raising farmers’ grievances in the Assembly daily, even if it leads to repeated disciplinary action.
• Lonikar had said critics of his party received clothes, shoes, mobiles and monetary benefits through BJP schemes, while Kokate alleged farmers misused loan waivers and minimal crop insurance payouts.
• Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Speaker Narwekar condemned Patole’s actions as a breach of House decorum and demanded he apologise to the chair.