Opposition MLAs and marshals come to blows in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly after the suspension of 55 Opposition MLAs from the House for the day.
When the suspended MLAs refused to vacate the House, marshals (plain clothes policemen) tried to physically remove them resulting in TDP MLA Vem Narender Reddy sustaining an injury on his right wrist while his party colleague Payyavula Keshav suffered a head injury when the marshals pushed him on to a glass door that broke in the melee.
Finance and legislative affairs minister K. Rosaiah, however, later told the Assembly that the two TD MLAs did not receive any injuries and they were only trying to cover-up their crime of assaulting the marshals in the House.
Trouble began when some TDP MLAs rushed to the well of the House and pleaded with Speaker K.R. Suresh Reddy to allow a debate on the money laundering issue.
The Speaker adjourned the proceedings twice to restore normalcy but to no avail. He then named the protesting members and asked the legislative affairs minister to move a resolution for their suspension.Accordingly, Mr Rosaiah moved the motion which was carried by voice vote.By the time the resolution for their suspension was passed, the protesting TD MLAs resumed their seats but the Speaker asked them to leave the House.As the TDP members stayed put, the Speaker called the marshals in to evict the MLAs.
