Chhattisgarh Assembly Speaker Gaurishankar Agrawal on Thursday adjourned the House proceedings for an indefinite period after ruckus was created by the Opposition Congress members over a number of issues on the third consecutive day of the Monsoon session.
The Assembly session was to be held till August 11 this year comprising eight sittings.A host of disruptions in the proceedings made the Speaker decide on adjourning the session early.
Early in the day, during the question hour, Opposition Congress members staged walkout over the issue of alleged gross irregularities committed in the plantations carried out in Kanker district of Bastar .
The issue was raised by Congress member MohaN Markam who demanded an immediate inquiry into the irregularities who alleged that the price of saplings for Nilgiri variety were decided above the determined price in 2015-16.
He alleged that the Forest Department suffered crores of rupees in losses due to the alleged irregularities.
In his reply, Forest Minister Mahesh Gagda said that the saplings were purchased at a cheaper price and no loss was suffered by the Forest Department.
Congress member Bhupesh Bahgel also demanded a probe in the issue while stating that it is serious matter. C'garh Assly adjourned indefinitely as Oppn continues ruckus on 3rd dayImmediately after the question hour, the Opposition members walked to the well of the House and staged dharna on the alleged resort on forest land issue concerning Agriculture Minister Brijmohan Agrawal.
leader of Opposition T S Singhdeo said that the State Government is shying away from answering questions of the members.
Speaker Gaurishankar Agrawal had also suspended the Opposition members for walking to the well of the House and asked them to move out of the House.
Meanwhile, two House members Amit Jogi and Siyaram Kaushik have sat on a dharna in the Chhattisgarh Assembly premises while saying that they will keep sitting on dharna till August 11 when the Assembly session was to end while saying that the ruling party and opposition members are in collusion.