India, March 20 -- The Maharashtra legislative council was adjourned twice on Wednesday as the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) created a ruckus over a confidence motion passed by the ruling Mahayuti in favour of deputy chairperson Neelam Gorhe, who has been targeted by the Opposition over her controversial remarks against Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray.

Alleging that the confidence motion was passed by sidelining the rules, MVA members boycotted the Upper House of the state legislature and moved a no-confidence motion against council chair Ram Shinde, accusing him of being partisan. They also announced that they would attend council proceedings on Thursday wearing black ribbons as a mark of protest and boycott the proceedings if a...