Updated On: 22 August, 2025 12:27 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed
BJP leaders including party legislator Prasad Lad on Tuesday held in a `sit-in protest` on the steps of Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai to oppose the misbehavior of Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Ambadas Danve. Pics/Sameer Abedi

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Lad had demanded a resolution condemning Congress MP Rahul Gandhi`s `not Hindus` remarks in the Lok Sabha, which elicited a sharp reaction from the Sena (UBT) leader
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Meanwhile, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday said that the decision to suspend Ambadas Danve, the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Maharashtra legislative council, was one-sided and a pre-planned conspiracy

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Uddhav Thackeray said that Ambadas Danve was not given any opportunity to present his side before being suspended.
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Ambadas Danve was accused of using abusive language against BJP legislator Prasad Lad during a discussion in the Upper House of the state legislature on Monday evening

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Lad had demanded the resignation of Ambadas Danve, for using abusive language against him
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On Tuesday, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Chandrakant Patil tabled a motion to suspend Ambadas Danve which was passed with a majority
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