Congress MLAs today walked out of the state Assembly to protest over the remarks against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made by a state minister during discussion on a Private Member Resolution.
The resolution was introduced in the House, seeking a more "aggressive" approach on foreign policy by the Centre in backdrop of incidents like killing of two Indian soldiers by Pakistani troops and Islamabad passing a resolution condemning hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.
During the discussion, Minister of State for Legislative Affairs Pradeepsinh Jadeja criticised the Prime Minister for his "inaction" and also passed some objectionable remarks against him, which were ordered to be expunged from official records by Speaker Vaju Vala.
However, enraged over the remarks, all the Congress MLAs stood up and demanded an apology over the matter, accusing the state ministers of repeatedly making derogatory remarks against the Central government and the Prime Minister.
Not satisfied with the Speaker's assurance that the remarks will be removed from the records, all the Congress MLAs, led by Rajput, party's Chief Whip Balwantsinh Rajput, walked out of the house and started raising slogans against the government outside the assembly.
Talking to reporters outside the Assembly, Leader of Opposition Shankarsinh Vaghela alleged the state government, instead of dealing with immediate issues confronting the state like water crisis in Saurashtra, is busy targeting the Centre to gain political mileage.
