From Watching Porn to Parliament Naps: Political Tamashas of 2016

Indian political Assemblies can be downright comical. The recent ruckus created in the Tripura Assembly after a TMC legislator ran away with the Speaker’s mace wasn’t the only commotion that was caused in parliament and in political cabinets this year.

We Are Protesting, So Let’s Stand Up On The Bench!

The Delhi Assembly witnessed a ‘political tamasha’ when a BJP MLA and Leader of Opposition, Vijendra Gupta stood up on a bench inside the Assembly to voice his protest.

Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia obviously found the way Gupta marked his protest amusing.

Too Much Tension In The Assembly, How About Taking a Nap?

Congress Vice President, Rahul Gandhi instantly caught the media’s attention when he was caught napping in Parliament during the monsoon session.

But, Rahul Gandhi wasn’t the only one who dozed off during a Parliament session, political leaders like Narendra Modi and Smriti Irani were also caught napping in the Assembly.

Also Read: Why Just Rahul? Twitter Spots Modi, Irani Napping in Parliament

Assembly Time = Porn Time?

A Congress MLA, Naba Kishore Das was suspended from the Odisha Assembly for seven days as he was allegedly watching porn videos inside the assembly on his mobile phone.

Also Read: Congress MLA Caught Watching Porn Inside Assembly, Suspended

Let’s Assault an MLA Who Held a Beef Party

An independent Jammu and Kashmir MLA, Engineer Rashid was thrashed by some BJP legislators in the J&K Assembly for hosting a beef party.

Rashid hosted a beef party at the MLA hostel a day before the Assembly was scheduled to take up a bill on the ban on beef.

You Raise Questions, Delhi Assembly Will Marshal You Out!

Delhi Assembly marshalled out not one but two BJP MLAs in one year.

Vijender Gupta was marshalled out during the winter session, while another BJP MLA met the same fate during the monsoon session.

What’s With The Shoe Hurling?

After a chaotic situation at the Punjab Assembly, Congress MLA Tarlochan Singh hurled a shoe at Punjab Minister Bikram Singh Majithia.

The protesting Congress MLAs, who wanted a no-confidence motion to be taken up, also threw papers at the Assembly Speaker in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha.

Also Read: Chaos in Punjab Assembly, Congress MLA Throws Shoe at Majithia

Arvind Kejriwal was also the recipient of a thrown shoe while he was announcing round two of the Odd-Even scheme.

Also Read: Shoe Thrown At Delhi CM Kejriwal During Odd-Even Media Briefing