Madhya Pradesh assembly adjourned sine die amidst Vyapam uproar 23-07-2015
BHOPAL: As the BJP-led Shivraj
Singh Chouhan government continued to face Vyapam heat, the monsoon session of
the Madhya Pradesh assembly was adjourned sine die on the third-day, after passing
hurriedly all urgent business of the House amid ruckus and sloganeering from
the opposition.
Essential official
business proceedings of the session including passing of a supplementary budget
and seven other important amendment bills was accomplished by voice vote in 40
minutes during the Zero Hour on Wednesday.
Legislative affairs minister
Narottam Mishra proposed the House be adjourned since all important
transactions were complete. Mishra also cited rule book of the assembly under
which the ten-day session could be concluded. Speaker Sitasharan Sharma
accepted the proposal and adjourned the House sine die. Meanwhile, Congress
leader of Opposition Satyadev Katare stood-up to speak but his voice went
unheard.
This is the third
assembly session that has been abruptly concluded as opposition parties
attacked the BJP state government on Vyapam scandal. During the budget session
in February, the House was guillotined even before a discussion on the annual
budget.
Uproar started soon as
the House gathered on Wednesday morning with four BSP MLAs taking the lead in
the protest demanding the chief minister’s resignation over Vyapam. BSP MLAs
took their protest to the well of the House led by woman legislator Usha
Choudhary of Rehgaon.
The Speaker asked for
the Question Hour to run and called for BJP MLA Narendra Singh Kushwah to ask
the first question. But BSP and Congress uproar drowned his voice so Kushwah
walked towards the well and asked protesting MLAs to let him ask his question.
This started a round of
altercation with Kushwah even showing his footwear to the BSP. Narottam Mishra
had to intervene and took Kushwah back to his chair. The House was adjourned
for ten minutes. Uproar continued as the House gathered and Speaker adjourned
the House again till 11:30am.
When the House
re-assembled during the Zero Hour, Congress demanded a discussion on a censure
motion against BJP misbehaviour with Opposition legislators. Leader of
Opposition Satyadev Katare said, “We have moved a censure motion. We want a
discussion on that first.” But Speaker Sharma said, the censure pertains to an
incident outside the House and will be looked into later. This brought the
Congress to the well of the House and with BSP started raising anti-Vyapam
slogans.
Meanwhile, the Speaker
went ahead with completing important business of the House and passing of
amendment bills. But another round of din commenced after the Congress called
the Speaker’s podium “Gobar Ganesh (lackadaisical, ineffective)” drawing flak
from the legislative affairs minister and the BJP. By noon, the Congress was
sitting on the floor of the House in the well and finance minister Jayant
Malaiyya was reading the crucial supplementary budget proposal worth Rs 8,583
crore. Once the fiscal provisions were passed, the House was adjourned sine
die. |