Summary:
However, two minutes into his address, Congress MLAs started chanting slogans criticising the government for failing to prevent atrocities against Dalits. If scenes witnessed on the first day of the 14th Gujarat Legislative Assembly on Monday are anything to go by, the month-long budget session is likely to be a stormy affair. When the House reassembled after the break, the House paid tributes to former MLAs Uttambhai Patel, Anil Patel, Babubhai Patel, Shankarlal Patel, Vikram Patel, and Jaikumar Sanghavi, who passed away since the last sitting of the assembly. The session began with the Opposition Congress creating ruckus in the House over atrocities against Dalits and other issues. "Dalito ne nyay aapo (Give justice to Dalits)," the Congress MLAs shouted while referring to the self-immolation case of Dalit activist Bhanubhai Vankar, who succumbed to his burns on Friday night..