Ejaj Ali, who hit the headlines for opposing the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha, was happy after being garlanded with currency notes by his supporters. Ali, along with six other MPs, was suspended for unruly behaviour during the discussion on the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha last week.
Ali's supporters said that garland of currency notes was worth Rs 1 lakh.
"We have collected money for the currency garland to show our love and respect to our leader Ejaj Ali, who made a history by opposing the Women's Reservation Bill," Mahtab Rain, a supporter of Ali, told rediff.com in Patna.
Ali, after being garlanded with currency notes, defended his supporters' move.
"There is nothing wrong in it. Why such hue and cry when a Dalit leader was garlanded with currency notes? In the past, political leaders were weighted with gold coins," Ali told mediapersons.
Ali is spearheading a Dalit Muslim movement in Bihar and outside for over a decade.
Ejaj Ali was last year expelled from the Janata Dal-United for anti -party activities, his term as Rajya Sabha MP is ending in April this year.
