The Madhya Pradesh Assembly witnessed noisy scenes and three adjournments as the members of the main Opposition Congress continued to disrupt the reply of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan over the State’s Professional Examination Board (MPPEB) scam for the second day on Thursday and kept pressing for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe.
Soon after the proceedings began, Chouhan was about to begin his reply when Congress member Ramniwas Rawat raised point of order asserting that the discussion on the adjournment motion could not be carried over to the next day. He cited certain rules in this regard.
This evoked sharp reactions from the treasury bench members who alleged that the Opposition member was going against the Speaker’s arrangement who had allowed that the Chief Minister could reply today after it was disrupted a day earlier.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Narottam Mishra and Urban Administration Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya pointed out that adjournment motions were debated for 2-3 days when the previous Congress regime was in power.
Vijayvargiya stressed that the Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha had always upheld traditions even if there were no rules in this regard.
Meanwhile, leader of the Opposition Satyadev Katare said the Opposition was ready to listen to the Chief Minister’s reply but his speech should concern the points raised by the Opposition.
He said the leader of the House has made certain allegations during the previous regime and demanded that the CBI be recommended to probe it also along with the MPPEB scam.