BJP MLAs STAGE DHARNA IN SPEAKER’S CHAMBER

Jaipur: Rajasthan legislative assembly Speaker CP Joshi had to adjourn the proceedings of the house on Monday soon after it began as BJP MLAs started a ruckus. They came to the Well of House & started sloganeering on issue of ending quota of questions. The proceedings of the Assembly were adjourned twice on Monday. Senior MLAs, including former Raj CM Vasundhara Raje, LoP Gulab Chand Kataria, State President Satish Poonia, Deputy LoP Rajendra Rathore sat on dharna.

As the uproar increased, Joshi adjourned the proceedings of the House for the second time in five minutes. The legislators said the meeting of the 7th session of the House was adjourned sine die on March 28 and instead of calling a fresh session, the state govt extended the session and resumed it from September 19. “Legislators, whose quota of asking 100 questions in a session has been completed, are not being allowed to ask questions. This is a violation of our democratic right,” LoP Gulab Chand Kataria said. Congress state president Govind Singh Dotasra interrupted. Soon after commotion escalated and seeing the uproar, the Speaker adjourned the House. Just before paying homage to deceased leaders, the Speaker again adjourned the House for five minutes asking Opposition leaders to be on their seats. Later, Joshi read the obituary message and adjourned the House for the day