The Uttar Pradesh Assembly adjourned for the second consecutive day on Friday after condoling the death of a sitting member.
On the first day of the monsoon session on Thursday, the Assembly had condoled the death of four sitting members, including two cabinet ministers, while on Friday it condoled the death of Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Deoria Sadar Janmejay Singh, who died of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Lucknow in the early hours of Friday.
The Assembly, on Friday, was scheduled to take up 17 bills for consideration and passage and other legislative agenda.
Speaker Hriday Narayan Dikshit said due to the sudden death of BJP member Janmejay Singh, the all-party meeting on Friday morning decided to suspend all the agenda. He said the House would transact the pending business from 11 am on Saturday.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath moved the condolence resolution. He termed the death of the sitting MLA as a big loss for the state and the party. Yogi said Janmejay Singh was a tall leader of Deoria district who worked for the people of his area.
The chief minister was joined by Samajwadi Party leader Shailendra Yadav, Bahujan Samaj Party leader Lalji Verma, Congress leader Aradhana Mishra, Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party leader Om Prakash Rajbhar and Apna Dal leader Neel Ratan Patel.
Later Speaker Hriday Narayan Dikshit, after paying his condolence to the departed soul and the House observing a 2-minute silence, adjourned the House till 1100 hours on Saturday.
Dikshit said that it was unfortunate that the House had to condole the death of five sitting members in this session, which had never happened in the past.
On Thursday, the Assembly had condoled the deaths of four sitting MLAs including two ministers along with 20 former members including Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon and former Union minister Beni Prasad Verma.
The Assembly is slated to take up around 17 bills and other agenda on Saturday, which is likely to be the last day of the monsoon session. BJP MLA from Deoria Sadar seat Janmejay Singh died in Lucknow in the early hours of Friday following a massive heart attack. He was 75.
According to the family members, the legislator suffered a massive heart attack at around 22:00 hours on Thursday and was rushed to SPM Hospital (Civil Hospital). The doctors there referred him to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and thereafter he was rushed to the cardiology department. They was informed that the MLA died when the doctors were placing a pacemaker.
A three-time MLA, Janmejay Singh won for the first time on BSP ticket in 2000 and later in 2012 and 2017 on BJP ticket from Deoria Sadar seat. The MLA was in Lucknow to attend the monsoon session of the UP Assembly.
He is survived by three sons and four daughters. The last rites were performed later in the day in Deoria.