TWO BIllS PASSED BY mp assembly
Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh Assembly on Monday passed two bills Dand Vidhi (Madhya Pradesh Sanshodhan) Vidheyak and Madhya Pradesh Akasmikta Nidhi (Sanshodhan) Vidheyak with voice vote sans discussion. Amid din by the Opposition over alleged beating up of Congress legislator Saurabh Singh during municipal polls in Katni, law and legislative Affairs Minister Kusum Mehdele presented the Dand Vidhi (Madhya Pradesh Sanshodhan) Vidheyak for discussion and the Bill was passed by voice vote. Similarly, Finance Minister Jayant Malaiya presented Madhya Pradesh Akasmikta Nidhi (Sanshodhan) Vidheyak for discussion and the Bill was passed by voice vote. Meanwhile, Minister of State for General Administration lal Singh Arya tabled the Madhya Pradesh lokayukta and Deputy lokayukta (Amendment) Bill. With the amendment in the CrPC, the food adulteration including adulteration in milk would have provision of punishment upto lifer. Earlier, there was a provision of only six months’ imprisonment for this offence.
645 accused in MPPEB SCAM YET TO BE HElD
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Government on Monday reveals in the Assembly that 645 accused in the State’s Professional Examination Board (MPPEB) scam has not been arrested yet. In a written reply to Ramniwas Rawat of the Congress, Home Minister Babual Gaur said that 23 cases have been registered in connection with the MPPEB scam after July 1. He said that 80 accused including 14 brokers — have been arrested in these cases. On the other hand, 50 other accused including 15 brokers are still to be apprehended. The Minister said that arrests of 595 accused, which were booked before July 1, is still to be carried out. The Special Task Force had seized `95,000 and `8,000 from Kapil Rawat and Pradeep Singh Rawat during a raid at their residences in Morena, Gaur added.