MP uses pepper spray in Lok Sabha as Telangana Bill is tabled

February 13, 2014 12:14

The Telangana Bill tabled in Lok Sabha, but the House has been adjourned.
In the LS, MP L Rajagopal is believed to have sprayed something like a pepper spray in the house leading to chaos. MPs were coughing and choking in the house. Marshals had to overpower MPs in the Lok Sabha. MPs do not have to go through a pat down while entering Parliament.

In the Rajya Sabha, Seemandhra MPs break the Speaker's microphone.

Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien ‏tweets: Ugly scenes in Central Hall... Dozens of MPs screaming at each other.Unreal...

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