‘You are minister at your property’: Council Deputy Chairperson tells Maharashtra Cabinet member

By PTI

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Legislative Council on Thursday witnessed a verbal duel between Deputy Chairperson Neelam Gorhe and state Cabinet member Gulabrao Patil, an interplay throughout which the previous rebuked the latter, saying “you are a minister at your home”.

Member of Legislative Council (MLC) Suresh Dhas of the ruling ally Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) later requested the deputy chairperson to expunge her remarks from Council information to which Gorhe stated she’s going to study them.

The verbal change occurred when School Education Minister Deepak Kesarkar was responding to a query within the Upper House.

The opposition was unhappy with Kesarkar’s reply regardless of an assurance that he’ll maintain a gathering on the difficulty on Tuesday.

“Then Gulabrao Patil intervened and started speaking from his seat,” Shiv Sena MLC Manisha Kayande stated.

The intervention by Patil, the water provide and sanitation minister, additional angered the opposition members who stormed into the Well of the House, resulting in a short adjournment.

“The Education Minister was responding to a question. The Leader of Opposition said one minister (Patil) was bossing around. You please sit down. This question is not related to your department. This question is related to Kesarkar’s department,” Gorhe informed Patil.

Despite the Chair’s instruction to Patil to take his seat, chaos continued within the House.

Later, Gorhe stated, “Gulabrao Patil ji, I have, from time to time, warned you, requested you. Take your seat immediately. What kind of behaviour is this in the House? Parliamentary Affairs Minister, can’t you tell him (to behave).”

Patil, a insurgent Shiv Sena MLA who’s a part of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s faction, was additionally a minister within the earlier Uddhav Thackeray authorities.

Seeking to answer, Patil stated, “I am a minister” and added he ought to be given an opportunity to talk.

Gorhe misplaced her cool and shot again, “What if you are a minister. You are a minister at your home. Take your seat.”

This, nonetheless, didn’t go down effectively with Dhas, who raised the difficulty within the House.

“I don’t want to guide you (Gorhe). I don’t have anything to say when you warned Gulabrao Patil. You told the parliamentary affairs minister to talk to him. I don’t have anything to say about that, too. But then Gulabrao Patil said he should be given a chance to speak. At that time, you inadvertently said ‘you are a minister at your home’. I request you to expunge those remarks,” Dhas informed the Deputy Chairperson.

On one other event within the Upper House, Rural Development Minister Girish Mahajan, too, discovered himself on the receiving finish of Gorhe’s anger.

In response to a problem raised by NCP MLC Amol Mitkari, Gorhe informed the minister to not chortle and provides the reply with seriousness.

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Legislative Council on Thursday witnessed a verbal duel between Deputy Chairperson Neelam Gorhe and state Cabinet member Gulabrao Patil, an interplay throughout which the previous rebuked the latter, saying “you are a minister at your home”.

Member of Legislative Council (MLC) Suresh Dhas of the ruling ally Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) later requested the deputy chairperson to expunge her remarks from Council information to which Gorhe stated she’s going to study them.

The verbal change occurred when School Education Minister Deepak Kesarkar was responding to a query within the Upper House.

The opposition was unhappy with Kesarkar’s reply regardless of an assurance that he’ll maintain a gathering on the difficulty on Tuesday.

“Then Gulabrao Patil intervened and started speaking from his seat,” Shiv Sena MLC Manisha Kayande stated.

The intervention by Patil, the water provide and sanitation minister, additional angered the opposition members who stormed into the Well of the House, resulting in a short adjournment.

“The Education Minister was responding to a question. The Leader of Opposition said one minister (Patil) was bossing around. You please sit down. This question is not related to your department. This question is related to Kesarkar’s department,” Gorhe informed Patil.

Despite the Chair’s instruction to Patil to take his seat, chaos continued within the House.

Later, Gorhe stated, “Gulabrao Patil ji, I have, from time to time, warned you, requested you. Take your seat immediately. What kind of behaviour is this in the House? Parliamentary Affairs Minister, can’t you tell him (to behave).”

Patil, a insurgent Shiv Sena MLA who’s a part of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s faction, was additionally a minister within the earlier Uddhav Thackeray authorities.

Seeking to answer, Patil stated, “I am a minister” and added he ought to be given an opportunity to talk.

Gorhe misplaced her cool and shot again, “What if you are a minister. You are a minister at your home. Take your seat.”

This, nonetheless, didn’t go down effectively with Dhas, who raised the difficulty within the House.

“I don’t want to guide you (Gorhe). I don’t have anything to say when you warned Gulabrao Patil. You told the parliamentary affairs minister to talk to him. I don’t have anything to say about that, too. But then Gulabrao Patil said he should be given a chance to speak. At that time, you inadvertently said ‘you are a minister at your home’. I request you to expunge those remarks,” Dhas informed the Deputy Chairperson.

On one other event within the Upper House, Rural Development Minister Girish Mahajan, too, discovered himself on the receiving finish of Gorhe’s anger.

In response to a problem raised by NCP MLC Amol Mitkari, Gorhe informed the minister to not chortle and provides the reply with seriousness.