<p>Guwahati: The Assam BJP on Saturday directed its MLA Rupjyoti Kurmi to apologise to the people of the state for <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/assam/will-break-your-mic-bjp-mla-threatens-opposition-legislator-inside-assam-assembly-3457312">lunging at the opposition members</a> while hurling abuses in the assembly a day ago.</p>.<p>State party president Dilip Saikia, in a letter to Kurmi, said his behaviour inside the Assembly on Friday was against democratic traditions.</p>.<p>The Mariani MLA had got engaged in a spat with opposition legislators while participating in a discussion in the House, and hurled expletives at them, which were later expunged from the records of proceedings.</p>.<p>He had also lunged at the opposition members with the marshals preventing him from reaching further close.</p>.Assam: Oppn seeks motion against BJP's Sudhanshu Trivedi for calling Dhubri 'mini Bangladesh'.<p>“As a member of BJP, we are shocked to see the kind of behaviour from a senior politician like you,” Saikia said in the letter.</p>.<p>Noting that the BJP is a party with discipline and tolerance, which has stood firm by its ideals and principles, Saikia maintained that Kurmi’s actions were against the party’s values and manner.</p>.<p>Saikia urged him not to repeat such behaviour in the future.</p>.<p>“At the same time, we direct you to apologise to the people of Assam over the matter,” Saikia said in the letter.</p>.<p>Kurmi has already apologised in the Assembly for his behaviour.</p>.<p>A former Congressman, Kurmi, who has been representing the Mariani constituency in the Assembly since 2006, had switched over to the BJP in 2021.</p>
<p>Guwahati: The Assam BJP on Saturday directed its MLA Rupjyoti Kurmi to apologise to the people of the state for <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/assam/will-break-your-mic-bjp-mla-threatens-opposition-legislator-inside-assam-assembly-3457312">lunging at the opposition members</a> while hurling abuses in the assembly a day ago.</p>.<p>State party president Dilip Saikia, in a letter to Kurmi, said his behaviour inside the Assembly on Friday was against democratic traditions.</p>.<p>The Mariani MLA had got engaged in a spat with opposition legislators while participating in a discussion in the House, and hurled expletives at them, which were later expunged from the records of proceedings.</p>.<p>He had also lunged at the opposition members with the marshals preventing him from reaching further close.</p>.Assam: Oppn seeks motion against BJP's Sudhanshu Trivedi for calling Dhubri 'mini Bangladesh'.<p>“As a member of BJP, we are shocked to see the kind of behaviour from a senior politician like you,” Saikia said in the letter.</p>.<p>Noting that the BJP is a party with discipline and tolerance, which has stood firm by its ideals and principles, Saikia maintained that Kurmi’s actions were against the party’s values and manner.</p>.<p>Saikia urged him not to repeat such behaviour in the future.</p>.<p>“At the same time, we direct you to apologise to the people of Assam over the matter,” Saikia said in the letter.</p>.<p>Kurmi has already apologised in the Assembly for his behaviour.</p>.<p>A former Congressman, Kurmi, who has been representing the Mariani constituency in the Assembly since 2006, had switched over to the BJP in 2021.</p>