With 67 out of 70 legislators belonging to the Aam Aadmi Party, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has the rare luxury of commanding an overwhelming majority in the assembly. One would assume that the three opposition members would be little more than mere spectators and there would be little drama. But that has proved to be far from the case.

By Monday afternoon, there was no opposition left in the Delhi assembly after Bharatiya Janata Party legislator Vijender Gupta was removed from the House kicking and screaming for protesting against the suspension of fellow BJP legislator OP Sharma.

Sharma had been suspended for the entire session by Speaker Ram Niwas Goel last week after he allegedly made derogatory comments against AAP legislator Alka Lamba last week in the Delhi Assembly.

On Monday, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia was scheduled to introduce the controversial Delhi Janlokpal Bill 2015 in the Assembly. But Gupta, the leader of Opposition, chose to defend his colleague Sharma and got into an argument with women legislators in the House. He was aided by the other BJP MLA, Jagdish Pradhan. Gupta also accused the Speaker of being partial to the Aam Aadmi Party and alleged that BJP legislators were abused and assaulted by AAP members.

The Speaker called his actions unwarranted and asked Gupta to leave the House till 4 pm. But Gupta wouldn't budge. When the marshals arrived to escort him out of the building, he held on to a railing and refused to move. When verbal negotiations didn't work, the marshals forcibly lifted Gupta and dragged him out the House.



Pradhan walked out of the House after the incident, leaving no member of Opposition in the Assembly. In a series of tweets, Gupta said he had sustained injuries in the incident and criticised the Aam Aadmi Party.



Incidentally, this is not the first time that Gupta has had to be forcibly evicted from the House. Earlier this year, he had to be physically removed when he refused to stop shouting during proceedings.

Some observers on Twitter (and in the Assembly) spotted some humour in the incident.