MPs of ruling alliance, Oppn clash, 2 from BJP in hospital

THE WINTER SESSION of Parliament descended into chaos on its penultimate day when MPs of the NDA and the Opposition INDIA bloc, accusing each other of denigrating the name of B.R. Ambedkar, shoved and jostled with each other at the Makar Dwar, the main entrance to the building, resulting in injuries to two BJP MPs and complaints to police by the BJP and Congress, allegations and counter-allegations and petitions to the Speaker.

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While the BJP alleged that the MPs - former union minister Pratap Chandra Sarangi and Mukesh Rajput - fell and sustained injuries after Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi pushed them, the Congress wrote to Speaker Om Birla claiming that Gandhi was "physically manhandled" by three MPs from the ruling party.