A ruckus broke out during a meeting to distribute new ration cards to beneficiaries in Asifabad after local legislator Kova Laxmi of BRS hurled water bottles at Congress leader A. Shyam Naik in the district headquarters town on Thursday.

A verbal duel ensued between Ms. Laxmi and Mr. Naik during the former’s speech leading to the commotion. The visibly angry MLA lobbed water bottles kept on the table on the dais at Mr. Naik, who was standing on the left side of the podium.