Demanding resignation of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for his alleged involvement in the multi-crore Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board or Vyapam scam, the main opposition in the State assembly, Congress on Wednesday staged a dharna outside the Assembly premises after the adjournment of Monsoon Session sine die.
Talking to media persons during the sit-in, leader of the Opposition in Assembly Satyadev Katare said demanding Chouhan’s resignation the Youth Congress will gheorao the Chief Minister’s residence on Thursday and the Congress legislators will also join the agitation. Besides Katare, Deputy leader of the Opposition in the Assembly Bala Bachchan, Senior Congress leader Ajay Singh, Godvind Singh, Mukesh Nayak, Jitu Patwari and host of MlAs squatted over half-an-hour on the stair cases.
Earlier, the Congress legislators also sat before the well for more than 20 minutes after adjournment of the House and came out. The Congress MlAs also shouted slogans against the Chief Minister and his wife for their alleged entanglement with the scam. Earlier, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Narottam Mishra told reporters at the Assembly lobby that he was sad over not running of the Session for more than three days and squarely blamed the Congress for the fiasco inside the House over the alleged scam.
“The ruling party was ready to discuss the issues in the House, but Congress and other Opposition parties were adamant demanding the Chief Minister’s resignation. Congress had degraded the dignity of the House by agitating over the issue. The House is the place for discussion, but Congress believes in mudslinging only,” Mishra alleged.