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NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha witnessed chaotic scenes as it reopened for the Budget session on Monday, with both the BJP and Congress members pushing and shoving each other during opposition protests over the recent violence in Delhi.As soon as the House met at 2pm, opposition members started raising slogans from the Well against the government and demanded home minister Amit Shah's resignation.They then went into the area of treasury benches carrying a black banner, as Speaker Om Birla continued with proceedings of the House.This angered many BJP members, including many from back benches, to rush towards the Congress members.Members from both sides then began pushing and shoving each other following which the proceedings were first adjourned till 3 pm and then again till 4 pm.Expressing anguish over the scuffle, Speaker Birla said he does not want to run the House under such circumstances."I am personally pained at the developments in the House. You are not pained. I do not want to run proceedings under such circumstances ... Everybody should deliberate to ensure that the dignity of the House is maintained," he said.He said senior members of the House should do their bit to ensure it runs smoothly.Both the parties resorted to blame game after the lower house was adjourned for the day.BJP's chief whip in Lok Sabha, Sanjay Jaiswal, who was speaking during the commotion, said the scuffle happened as Congress members approached his seat holding a banner to obstruct him from speaking.Jaiswal said Congress members approached him aggressively and placed the placard in front of his face, following which BJP members came to his rescue, but Congress members started pushing them.Meanwhile, Congress MP Ramya Haridas lodged a complaint with Speaker Om Birla alleging that she was assaulted by a BJP woman MP inside the lower house and sought immediate action over the matter."On March 2, at 3pm, inside Lok Sabha, I was physically assaulted by MP Jaskaur Meena (BJP parliamentarian from Rajasthan)," Haridas said in her complaint.In her complaint to Birla, she asked if such things were repeatedly happening to her because she was a Dalit and a woman. She sought action against the BJP MP.Interestingly, BJP's Meena filed a counter-complaint against the Congress after Haridas' allegations.A group of women MPs from BJP met Birla to raise the issue of the alleged attack on Meena and Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje.