MLC shortens LoP Danves ban to 3 days

Ambadas Danve. File photo

The Maharashtra Legislative Council on Thursday appointed opposition leader Ambadas Danves suspension The deadline was reduced from five to three days, which would enable him to participate in the House proceedings from Friday, PTI reported.

Thackrey-led Shiv Sena leader Danve was suspended from the council for five days on Tuesday for allegedly using insulting language against BJP MP Prasad Lad during a discussion in Parliament on Monday evening.

Prasad Lad had called for a resolution condemning Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s remarks in the Lok Sabha that he was not a Hindu, which provoked a sharp reaction from the Shiv Sena (UBT) leader, according to PTI.

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday said the decision to suspend Danve was unilateral and a planned conspiracy, PTI reported.

Thackeray said that as Shiv Sena (UBT) leader, he apologised for Danve’s remarks if they had hurt women and asked what action was taken against BJP and Shiv Sena leaders for making such comments outside Parliament.

Maharashtra Sena (UBT) MPs on Wednesday urged Maharashtra Legislative Council Deputy Chairman Neelam Gorhe to lift Danve’s suspension and said he was ready to apologise for his words.

Danve should he apologized in a letter to Gorhe on Wednesday.

Citing Danve’s apology, Maharashtra Parliamentary Affairs Minister Chandrakant Patil on Thursday proposed reducing Danve’s suspension to three days.

The House of Representatives subsequently unanimously passed a resolution to shorten his suspension.

Danve had previously declined to apologize to those involved in the incident, but he said he had no problem apologizing to the entire House of Representatives.

He said on Wednesday that he was “ready to apologize even then (immediately after the incident), but they (the ruling party) were more interested in politics.”

Opposition leader in the Legislative Council Ambadas Danve was suspended from Parliament for five days for insulting a colleague and sent a letter of apology to Deputy Speaker Neelam Gorhe on Wednesday.

Shiv Sena (UBT) held a agitation in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar town to protest against the five-day suspension of opposition leader Ambadas Danve from the Legislative Council, PTI reported.

The demonstration, led by party functionary Raju Vaidya, took place in Kranti Chowk.

(with contributions from PTI)