Mumbai, March 5 -- On the eve of the budget presentation, a dispute arose in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Thursday after Speaker Rahul Narwekar imposed a limit on the number of Calling Attention Motions (Lakshavedhi Suchana) that can be raised during a sitting, drawing strong opposition from legislators across party lines.
Nearly 150 MLAs from both ruling and opposition benches have submitted a written protest to the Speaker, objecting to the decision to restrict the motions to five per day, saying the move curtails their ability to raise urgent public issues.
Traditionally, the Assembly discussed 10 to 25 calling attention motions daily during a session. Legislators argue that the new restriction would prevent many members fro...