Guwahati, February 18 The Congress staged a walkout of the Assam assembly on Wednesday, demanding the disqualification of two of its MLAs who had recently joined the Raijor Dal.
As soon as the House assembled, Leader of the Opposition Debabrata Saikia sought the Speaker's ruling on two notices submitted by the Congress against the two legislators.
Abdur Rashid Mandal and Sherman Ali Ahmed, who had been suspended by the Congress earlier, had joined the Akhil Gogoi-led Raijor Dal.
Both are three-time MLAs from constituencies in Western Assam.
Speaker Biswajit Daimary maintained that he had just received the notices and would need time to go through them.
The Congress did not expel the two MLAs, but expected that the Speaker would disqualify them from the assembly, he said.
As the Speaker refused to give any ruling on the notices, the Congress staged a walkout for the duration of the Question Hour.