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BJP morcha figures in Assembly Panaji | February 15, 2006 6:40:56 PM IST Sufferings of commuters and padestrians due to yesterday's rally by the BJP at Mandovi Bridge on the Mumbai-Goa National Highway figured in the Assembly today resulting in heated exchange of words between the treasury and the opposition benches. The issue was raised by Mr Jitendra Deshprabhu (Cong) during the zero hour censuring the BJP, holding it responsible for the suffering. He even sought arrest of the partymen involved in the blockade of the two bridges on the national highway. He pointed out how the earlier BJP government, headed by Manohar Parrikar, had arrested Congress workers for holding peaceful rallies without disrupting normal life. The same BJP yesterday held people to ransom for several hours by holding the rally in the city While appreciating the exercise of democratic right of the parties to conduct rallies, Chief Minister Pratapsinh Rane said such rallies should not result in suffering of thousands of people. Mr Parrikar, however, said the party held the rally after obtaining proper permission and blamed the police for the bad management of the situation as a result of barricading the entry points of the bridges. With tempers running high, Speaker Francisco Sardinha intervened and expunged some remarks made in the House from either side. UNI BM KD OM RK1730 -- Peace be with you! Gabe Menezes. London, England
