In a written reply to the notice of breach of privilege for calling โVidhi Mandalโ (legislative houses) โchor mandalโ, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut has raised questions over the committee constituted by the Chairman of the Maharashtra Assembly. In the letter to the Principal Secretary of the Assembly, he has alleged that persons who complained about him (Atul Bhatkhalkar and Bharat Gogavale) are a part of the committee, which is against the principle of justice.
๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐๐น๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ: ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐
Demanding that the privilege committee should be independent and neutral, he said in the brief one-page letter that his political opponents have been purposefully included in the committee.
โThere is a controversial and illegal government functioning in Maharashtra. A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court has finished hearing the case of Shiv Sena split and reserved its order, hanging swords on some of the members of the privilege committee,โ he said.
๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป '๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐น', ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐
Raut clarified that he has always shown utmost respect to the State Assembly and didnโt make any statement to malign the image of the houses. โItโs a ploy to process infringement proceedings against me, to which I have no objection. But I called the separatist Shiv Sena chor mandal,โ he said.
Raut said, โI made the statement in Kolhapur. The petition against the split is being heard in the SC and after the order this committee can become unconstitutional. I presented this hard truth so that the legislature would not be laughed at. It is a democracy that thieves shouldnโt have a place in the legislature.โ