Speaker rejects motion, adjourns House sine die amid uproar
The Madhya Pradesh Assembly was on Tuesday adjourned sine die after passing the State budget for 2014-15 amid din created by Congress members following the Speaker's rejection of a breach of privilege motion moved by a Congress member against the Chief Minister.
Soon after Question Hour, Speaker Sitasharan Sharma rejected the breach of privilege motion moved by Congress legislator Ram Niwas Rawat against Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
Sharma rejected it on the ground that no case of violating any privilege can be made against Chouhan on the issue of publication of the booklet, 'Vyapam ka Sach' (MPPEB's Truth), by the BJP. The Speaker said that the Congress has raised the use of MPPEB's monogram on each page, publication of Assembly's note-sheet in it and also raised the issue against Chouhan in the motion.
The Chair ruled that the use of monogram is a matter related to copyright and not a breach of privilege, while the note-sheets published in it can be sourced by anyone from the ongoing court cases as well as through RTI and therefore, no case can be made out against Chouhan on the issue.
Following this, Rawat along with other Congress members rushed to the well of the House raising slogans against Chouhan and the Speaker.
In the din, nothing could be heard and the Speaker transacted the listed business. When the Congress members did not heed the Chair's request to return to their seats, the Speaker adjourned the House for 15 minutes.
Though the House was adjourned for 15 minutes, it resumed after more than 30 minutes and the Speaker transacted the remaining listed business of the day. After that the Speaker took up the state budget and the Appropriation Bill listed in the supplementary list and the House passed it also amid pandemonium without any discussion.
later, state Parliamentary Affairs Minister Narottam Mishra moved a proposal that since all government-related works have been transacted by the House and the Opposition is interested only in creating chaos and not holding discussions on important issues, the House should be adjourned sine die. Accepting the proposal, the Speaker adjourned theHouse sine die.