Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker Sitasaran Sharma observed on Tuesday that the reply furnished by the Government in the House lacked clarity and directed the regime to attach the concerning missives in this regard.
During Question Hour the main Opposition Congress Ramniwas Rawat in the absence of Govind Singh alleged that several times, no acknowledgment was accorded to epistles by legislators.
In his reply, Minister of State for General Administration Department lal Singh Arya said missives from people's representatives are acknowledged and a suitable action is taken.
He admitted that two letters by Singh were not acknowledged earlier but a reply has been dispatched. He said that fresh directives would be issued to ensure that missives by legislators are properly acknowledged.
Rawat pointed out that even the written reply furnished by the in-charge Minister in the House lacked clarity. He said that the reply mentioned that acknowledgement was provided to all the letters and details are provided in the appendix. However, there is no information in appendix.
The Speaker admitted that clarity was missing in the reply. He said that the form in the appendix stated that directives have been issued to collect information. Sharma then directed the regime to attach concerning missives with the reply.
Speaker Sitasaran Sharma today directed the Government to ensure that replies to issues raised during the Zero Hour be provided to the concerning members before the commencement of the next session.
Raising the matter during Zero Hour Rawat had said responses to issues raised by Members during the Zero Hour of the Budget Session had not been received by the Members thus far.
Following the Chair's directives, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Narottam Mishra assured that replies would be furnished before the commencement of the next session.