It was a stormy start to the five-day winter session of the Chhattisgarh Assembly on Tuesday here as Opposition Congress members armed with a wide set of issues to corner the ruling BJP Government compelled Speaker Gaurishankar Agrawal to order five adjournments to restore order.
Congress members first demanded discussion on adjournment motion over a farmer's suicide in Raigarh district due to demonetization and problems being faced by citizens in the State.
The Opposition members adopted an aggressive strategy right from the question hour.
The issue of deaths of two persons in Chhattisgarh due to currency notes shortage was raised by Congress member Bhupesh Baghel. He demanded a discussion on the adjournment motion on the issue.
The Speaker did not permit the discussion over which the Congress members indulged in sloganeering. Amid the commotion, the House was adjourned first for five minutes.
later, when the House resumed business, the Congress members reiterated the demand and upon refusal from the Speaker, they again started shouting slogans thereby stalling the House proceedings. The House was then adjourned till 12 O'clock.
As the House resumed business after question hour, Opposition members repeated the demand which was again rejected by the Speaker which led to members sloganeering again.
In the meantime, member Amit Jogi shouting slogans against the ruling BJP entered the well of the House thereby invoking immediate suspension. Unable to conduct House business, the Speaker adjourned the House till 3 pm.
As the House resumed business after lunch, Congress member Bhupesh Baghel said that 16 persons across the country and two persons in Chhattisgarh have died in the aftermath of currency demonetization. So, this is a serious issue that should be taken up for discussion. State Health Minister Ajay Chandrakar countered the Opposition by saying that they could keep their views on the floor of the House in the motion of thanks.
The Opposition did not agree with the suggestion and started shouting slogans.
Amid ruckus in the House, Chief Minister Raman Singh tabled the motion thanking the Central Government for demonetizing old Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes. Demonetisation rocks C'garh AssemblyThe Opposition once again resorted to shouting slogans against the Government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Amid sloganeering, Higher Education Minister Prem Prakash Pandey, MlA Arang Naveen Markandey and MlA Sakti Khilawan Sahu spoke on the proposal.
The Speaker seeing the deadlock unending requested the Opposition members to cooperate in conducting the House business and adjourned it at 4 pm for 10 minutes. later on the Assembly resumed but discussion on the proposal was postponed for the next working day.