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Opposition forces Gujarat governor
to leave House

Gujarat Governor Sundersingh Bhandari was on Monday forced to leave the House before completing his customary address amidst a fist-fight between a minister and a Congress member even as Opposition members shouted slogans and displayed placards on the opening day of the brief budget session.

Bhandari, who had to leave the House after five minutes because of the pandemonium over the Tehelka.com expose, said of the 25 districts of the state, 21 were devastated by the Republic Day earthquake.

Speaker Dhirubhai Shah later declared Bhandari's address as being read.

As soon as the house assembled for the day, Congress members began shouting slogans and throwing bogus currency notes, highlighting corruption in the fictitious defence deals, exposed by Tehelka.com.

Marshals rushed to the well of the House when Khumansinh Chavan (Cong) ran towards the treasury benches to hand over bogus currency notes leading to a fist-fight between Prohibition Minister Fakirbhai Vaghela and Chavan.

Opposition members continued to display banners demanding the resignation of the NDA government at the Centre.

Bhandari's address was repeatedly disturbed and when Opposition members refused to let him continue with his address, the Speaker escorted him out of the House.

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