Members of the BJP staged a noisy walk out from the Uttar Pradesh Assembly over the passage of a Bill amending the no-confidence motions against chairpersons of district panchayats and khestra panchayats.
The BJP leaders questioned the haste in bringing the amendment. Not satisfied with government’s answer, the BJP members staged a walkout.
The government brought the amendment in the UP Kshetra Panchayat and Zila Panchayat (amendment ) Bill 2016 which now restricts anyone from bringing a no-confidence motion against chairpersons of kshetra and district panchayats within two years’ time of his/her election.
Surprisingly, the Samajwadi Party government has amended this Act for bring no-confidence motion against chairpersons after one year after it came to power in 2012. But now, it had gone back to a two-year restrictions. The Bill was later passed by a voice vote.
Meanwhile, West Bengal Governor Keshrinath Tripathi watched the proceedings of the House from Governor’s gallery on Monday. Tripathi, who was also the Speaker of the Assembly for two terms (March 27,1997 to June 19, 2004) was invited by the UP Assembly to inaugurate a gallery housingthe oil portraits of ex-CMs and ex- Speakers inside the Assembly permises.
On the occasion, Parliamentary Affairs minister Mohammad Azam Khan in the presence of CM Akhilesh Yadav, welcomed the dignitaries and claimed that it was a historic day for the House.