Congress MLA Jignesh Mevani was suspended from the Gujarat Vidhan Sabha today after he questioned the expenses made by the Election Commission in the state.

When the government spokesperson minister Rushikesh Patel demanded to remove his speech from the records, Mevani came down to the Assembly well and raised slogans. Following that he was suspended from the House.

Jignesh Mevani had alleged that in the Lok Sabha elections, the Porbandar Collector had put a bill of ₹2.96 crore instead of a tender of ₹20 lakh, while the Jamnagar Collector raised the expenses such as the 90-liter fuel per day.

Jignesh Mevani said that in a state where 40% of children are malnourished, officials ate dry fruits worth ₹16,000 and even submitted bills for food to the government for approval.

After Jignesh Mevani's speech, Minister Rushikesh Patel said in the House that the Election Commission is an autonomous body whose expenses cannot be discussed in the House, so his speech was removed from the record, on which Speaker Shankar Chaudhary asked to check the record and take a decision.