With the Opposition BJP continuing its demand for the resignation of Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, deadlock persisted in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly for the third day.
The BJP MlAs demanded suspension of all work of the House and discussion on the Delhi High Court proceedings in the alleged money laundering case being probed against the Chief Minister.
Soon after the House assembled, BJP member Mohinder Singh asked Speaker BBl Butail that while his notice for an adjournment motion was rejected on Thursday, the Chief Minister was allowed to give reply on the issue about the court proceedings.
Mohinder Singh also questioned the Speaker about the permission granted to jailed Congress legislator Ram Kumar Chaudhary, who is facing murder charges, to remain absent from the ongoing session of the Assembly. He said the House, in the absence of the Opposition BJP, granted exemption by violating House rules.
The Speaker requested the BJP members to allow the proceedings of the House to continue. But the Opposition members raised slogans against the Chief Minister in the midst of question hour.
As the question hour got over, the Speaker requested the BJP members to maintain decorum. The speaker later adjourned the House for the day amid uproar.
The Chief Minister on Thursday had read out a statement in the House, saying that the “BJP is trying to draw unnecessary inferences from the court proceedings which is uncalled for”.
“The matter is already under consideration of the (Delhi) High Court.” He said it would not be proper for him to make any comments on the proceedings in the court. “I would advise my friends from the BJP to allow the law to take its own course,” he said.