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Jaipur, Nov 14 (PTI) Children took over the Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha for an hour on Sunday, holding a mock assembly session that captured the spirit of the real thing -- including the odd disruption and an opposition walkout.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, a witness to many such scenes for real in Parliament, was present at the make-believe event organised to mark the birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru.
Instead of the 200 real-life MLAs, that many children aged between six and 16 took part in the “special session”.
Jahnvi Sharma occupied the Speaker’s chair and took the House through Question Hour, Zero Hour and the other proceedings.
Other children acted out the roles of the chief minister, ministers, Leader of the Opposition and the members who sat on the Opposition and the Treasury benches.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s daughter granddaughter Kashwani Gehlot was among the participants.