10 years ago

Chaos in Kerala assembly: MPs hurl chairs, break computers to stop 'corrupt' Mani from presenting budget

Protests were being held outside the Kerala Assembly over state finance minister KM Mani presenting the budget but there was complete chaos in the Assembly as he rose to present the budget. Dramatic scenes of violence and chaos were seen at the Kerala Assembly as a united opposition tried to prevent the state’s finance minister from presenting the state budget on Friday morning only to be stopped by MLAs from the treasury benches and Assembly guards. Hundreds of activists of LDF and Yuva Morcha have converged around the state Assembly Complex in Thiruvananthapuram to try and prevent Mani from presenting the budget today over the bar bribery issue. Tension mounted in the state capital after CPI-led LDF opposition warned the Congress-headed UDF government that they would go to any extent if Mani, facing allegations in the bar bribery case, would try to present the budget and Chief Minister Oommen Chandy made it clear in the Assembly that Mani himself would present the budget as he has the constitutional right for it.

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