High drama was witnessed in Vidhana Soudha on Friday, when Congress MLC V S Ugrappa locked up the chamber of former MLA and chairman of the joint legislature committee on land grabbing A T Ramaswamy asserting that the latter had no right to continue in office.

Mr Ugrappa, along with some youth Congress leaders, alleged that Mr Ramaswamy ceased to be chairman of the committee the day the Legislative Assembly had been dissolved.

“What is he doing in this chamber, when the committee no long exists,” Mr Ugrappa was heard asking, in a raised voice. Mr Ramaswamy, who was inside the room, came out after the door was unlocked by officials.

Mr Ugrappa charged that the official documents of the committee could be used for political manipulations. Mr Ugrappa also vented his anger on the PS of Speaker Krishna for allowing Mr Ramaswamy to function in Vidhana Soudha even after the dissolution of the Assembly.