Trouble started when members of the Opposition Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party and BJP began shouting slogans asking the Speaker to "dissolve the House." The Speaker proceeded to disqualify the ten dissidents MLAs.

When the House reconvened, the Speaker read out his order disallowing the ten dissidents from voting till Wednesday even as the Opposition created a ruckus. Cardozo then called on the marshals to evict the ten members but the Opposition members drew a cordon around the disqualifiedmembers.

The Speaker then called for police reinforcements, but later actually let the dissidents continue in their chairs seeing the defiant mood of the Opposition and the vote of confidence was taken.

In the ensuing din, Rane read out his motion of confidence and the Speaker considered it passed before adjourning the House. However, the farce came after Cardozo left the Assembly. Members of the Opposition installed Deputy Speaker Mandrekar on the Chair stating that the "Speaker had abandoned the House".

Coached by leader of the Opposition Kashinath Jalmi, Mandrekar put a non-confidence motion against the Speaker to vote. With the Treasury benches empty thirteen members of Opposition and the ten dissidents "unanimously"passed the no-confidence motion.

"We have passed the no-confidence motion against the Speaker," exulted Wilfred D'Souza unmindful of the fact that the secretariat staff were not recording the proceedings.

State Governor Lt Gen JFM Jacob is now studying the reports.