The BJP MLAs met governor Koshyari asking him to stay the suspension
MUMBAI: The political temperature in the state shot up on Monday with the suspension of 12 BJP MLAs for one year for creating a ruckus in the assembly on the OBC quota issue and later allegedly misbehaving with the presiding officer Bhaskar Jadhav in the cabin of the deputy speaker. The BJP denied the charges and termed it an attempt to reduce the opposition’s strength in the assembly.
The suspended MLAs later met governor B S Koshyari, asking him to stay the suspension and demand a probe.
The suspended MLAs include senior leaders like former ministers Girish Mahajan, Ashish Shelar, Jaykumar Rawal and Yogesh Sagar. Shelar, as former city BJP chief, and three other Mumbai MLAs who are among those suspended, are influential figures for BJP in the BMC polls due in February.