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Maharashtra monsoon session ends amid pandemonium over Pune firing

The three-week monsoon session of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly ended today on a stormy note with Opposition targetting the government on the police firing in Pune.

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The three-week monsoon session of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly ended today on a stormy note with Opposition targetting the government on the police firing in Pune district, saying its version was contradictory to what the police had to say about the incident.

The Lower House witnessed three adjournments as the Opposition members stepped up their attack on the government and accused it of killing innocent people.

Leader of Opposition Eknath Khadse, Shiv Sena leader Subhash Desai, Bala Nandgaonkar of MNS said Pune Rural SP Sandeep Karnik had called a press conference to justify the police action while Home Minister R R Patil had suspended six constables who had damaged vehicles of the protestors.

Desai wondered how could the local SP talk directly to the media when the Legislature was on. Khadse wanted to know if Karnik had spoken to any minister before ordering firing.

Showing photographs pertaining to the firing site, Nandgaonkar said the version of the government and the police differ vastly.

"Protestor Moreshwar Sathe did not run away from the police van as claimed by the police, but was killed. Hence, cases should filed against R R Patil and Pune Guardian minister Ajit Pawar under section 302 of IPC," he said.

PWP leader Ganpatrao Deshmukh said it was for the first time that police had damaged public property. However, the government is silent on action against those who ordered firing, which claimed three lives.

They said video footage on how Sathe was killed was contradictory to the police version. Khadse said if Sathe was seen in the police van, doubts arise on how he died.

The Opposition said police were misleading on what actually happened. Earlier, Opposition members took out a funeral procession of the government with Ram Kadam of MNS as the dead body of the government.     

The procession came into the House when it was adjourned during the Question Hour. Ram Kadam lay in the well surrounded by other MLAs who squatted around him.

Amid pandemonium as Opposition members climbed the podium and shouted slogans standing near the Speaker's table, the Chair rushed through the business of laying of papers.

After the House re-assembled for the third time, Speaker adjourned the House.

Today was the last day of the 15-day session. The winter session will commence in Nagpur from December 12.

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