Covid-19 scare curtailed Madhya Pradesh Assembly Monsoon Session to a single day and eventually the day-long session concluded within an hour and a half with the Assembly clearing eight bills without any discussion.
Including Chief Minister, all the MLAs were allowed inside the Assembly building after the mandatory temperature check and assessment of Covid-19 symptoms.
As the House functioned for around 90 minutes, all the MLAs remained seated on their seats.
At the onset, the House paid homage to the departed souls and the House met again after an adjournment of five minutes. In the absence of Parliamentary Affairs minister Jagdish Devda, Home minister Narottam Mishra presented the matters pertaining to the proceedings in the House.
The minister to start with presented Finance and Appropriation Bill in the House and the opposition demanded a discussion on the same but the Treasury benches saying that an agreement was reached in all party meeting in the past and the bill was cleared without discussion.
In all, eight bills were cleared without any discussion.
Leader of Opposition Kamal Nath raised the issue of slackness witnessed in private hospital in covid19 treatment and urged the Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to clarify the situation in the House.
Chouhan then briefed the House about the measures being taken against covid19 and urged the opposition to support state government in these efforts.
Saying that MP has a recovery rate of 77%, CM Chouhan claimed that the state’s situation is far better than other states in terms of covid19. All the necessary arrangements including – oxygen, beds and others have been arranged in the state, added the Chief Minister.
Besides those MLAs present in the House, a total of 23 lawmakers took part in the proceedings virtually. Total 67 MLAs had attended the session in person. Personal staff and security personnel of the MLAs also were stopped outside the House in accordance with safety.