15.2.14

Of Pepper Spray in Parliament !




As the government presented the bill to create Telangana out of Andhra Pradesh,  one lawmaker sprayed pepper spray in the well of the lower house, another was accused of hurling a knife that smashed a glass table, and still others attempted to break the microphones on the speaker’s desk. The speaker suspended 16 parliamentarians for house disruption.In editorials published Friday, the Indian media roundly condemned the behavior of lawmakers in the seat of Indian democracy......

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