Mumbai, July 18 -- Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar has condemned the clash between supporters of BJP MLA Gopichand Padalkar and NCP-SCP MLA Jitendra Awhad outside the State Assembly.

Speaking to the media, Narwekar also termed the Thursday incident as "unfortunate" as the monsoon session of the Maharashtra legislature, which commenced on June 30, culminated on Friday.

He marked the impact of Maharashtra brawl-like incidents on the parliamentary democracy and noted that it has been conveyed to the House that "if we have to strengthen people's trust in parliamentary democracy, then such incidents should not be repeated.

"I have made the House and its members aware of the actions that have to be taken and that have been taken....