High drama inside Kerala assembly, lawmakers throw mike, Speaker's chair
March 13, 2015  09:09
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There's high drama in the Kerala assembly as Opposition blocks all entrances. Clashes are taking place inside the assembly and the speaker's chair and mike is thrown   

Hundreds of activists of LDF and Yuva Morcha converged around the state assembly complex as part of a protest siege to check state Finance Minister K M Mani from presenting the budget today over the bar bribery issue.      

Though a high level security was placed and barricades had been set up by police in the vicinity, activists began to pour in large numbers in the area since last evening.      

Tension mounted in the state capital after CPM-ledLDF opposition warned the Congress-headed UDF government that they would go to any extent if Mani, facing allegations in the bar bribery case, would try to present the budget and Chief Minister Oommen Chandy made it clear in the assembly that Mani himself would present the budget as he has the   
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