Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker NP Prajapati on Saturday night accepted resignation of six Congress legislators, supporters of Congress’ former senior leader Jyotiraditya Scindia.
These members include Imarti Devi, Tulsi Silawat, Pradyuman Singh Tomar, Mahendra Singh Sisodia, Govind Singh Rajput and Prabhuram Choudhary.
While talking to media persons, Prajapati said that he had summoned these six MLAs on Friday, but they did not appear before him. Later, they were given chance on Saturday too, but even then they failed to turn up.
Besides, going through their statements in media, it seemed that they are not appropriate to be a member of the House. Thus, he said that their resignations are accepted as in the date of March 10, 2020. He claimed that further action on other MLAs’ resignation would be taken as per rules.
Leader of Opposition in the State Assembly Gopal Bhargava and State BJP Spokesman Rajneesh Agrawal have accused the Speaker of adopting double standards. When he has accepted the resignation of six MLAs, he should adopt similar rules and accept the papers of remaining legislators, Rajneesh added.