Guwahati, March 24 -- The Congress on Sunday demanded that Assam Assembly Speaker Biswajit Daimary initiate a breach of privilege motion against ruling BJP MLA Rupjyoti Kurmi for allegedly attempting to physically attack opposition legislators and verbally abusing them in the House.

The Congress also urged the Speaker to bar Kurmi from attending the assembly until a committee investigating the breach of privilege against the MLA submits its report.

They called for a response from Daimary before the House reconvenes on Monday morning.

In a letter to Daimary, Leader of Opposition Debabrata Saikia argued that Kurmi's behavior was unprecedented in the history of the Assam Assembly.

The incident occurred on Friday during a discussion when ...