Tripura MLA runs away with Speaker’s mace, stalls house

Agartala:  Tripura Assembly on Monday witnessed uproarious scenes over personal allegations relating to Forest Minister Naresh Jamatiya, during which a Trinamool Congress MLA fled with the Speaker’s mace.
During Zero Hour, TMC MLA Sudip Roy Burman, former leader of the opposition, raised the issue published in a local Bengali daily.
Jamatiya then stood up and said that the charges published in the newspaper were baseless.
At one point of time, Roy Burman picked up the mace lying on the Speaker’s table and fled from the House.  He, however, handed it over to the watch and ward staff in the lobby.
The Speaker adjourned the house till 2 PM.
When the House reassembled, the Speaker condemned taking away of the mace. Afterwards the House functioned normally. (PTI)