Congress members staged a protest in the Parliament on Monday over Maharashtra crisis by carrying placards and raising slogans leading to the adjournment of the House.
The members also jostled with the marshals in the Lok Sabha when they stormed the Well of the House carrying placards.
When Speaker Om Birla's warnings went unheeded, the Speaker ordered the removal of two Congress members Hibi Eden and T N Prathapan- who were holding the banner, by marshals.
However, the two MPS were joined by other Congress members in resisting their eviction from the House and were seen jostling with marshals, prompting the Speaker to adjourn the House till noon.
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When the House met at 12 pm, the chair again adjourned it to 2 pm.
Then, Congress president Sonia Gandhi along with other senior leaders led a protest in Parliament premises against the BJP's move to form a government in Maharashtra along with the NCP.
Congress leaders like Anand Sharma and Adheer Choudhury raised slogans and held placards criticising the BJP, calling the midnight coup in which the BJP sought to form a government with Ajit Pawar a "murder of democracy".
They carried a black banner that sported the slogan "stop murder of democracy" while they were also seen holding placards which said: "save Constitution" and "save democracy".
