Guj Assembly adjourned amid din over Cong workers' detention

Gujarat Legislative Assembly was today adjourned for half an hour as the House witnessed uproar after Congress raised the issue of detention of its women party workers by police ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit here yesterday.
During the Question Hour, Congress MLA Kamini Rathod, who was supposed to ask a question related to women health workers, raised the issue of detention of some women Congress workers by police yesterday.
Accusing the police of high-handedness, she also slammed the BJP government for the "ill-treatment" of women on the International Women's Day.
The PM was in the city yesterday to address the Swachh Shakti 2017 programme organised at Mahatma Mandir on the occasion of International Women's Day.

"Gandhinagar police detained women Congress workers by forcibly entering a private property. They even detained a rape victim, who had come to make a representation. Is this the way to treat women on International Women's Day?" Rathod asked.
This led to chaotic scenes in the House.

To make her point, Rathod and another woman Congress MLA Chandrikaben Bariya rushed towards the Well of the House. However, Rathod was taken out of the House by women sergeants.
Her eviction sparked pandemonium in the House, as Congress workers started shouting anti-BJP slogans, while BJP MLAs also engaged in verbal battle with the Opposition members.

As the noise continued unabated, Speaker Ramanlal Vora adjourned the House for thirty minutes.
Around 50 Congress workers, including women, of local district unit had been detained before they could hold a protest march till Mahatma Mandir, the venue of PM's event in Gandhinagar yesterday.