An amendment bill on Rajim Kumbh (Kalpa), a religious fair at confluence of rivers Mahanadi, Sondhur and Pairi in Rajim was passed in the Chhattisgarh Assembly on Thursday after resistance from main Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party members.
The Bill received 62 votes in favour while only 8 votes went against the bill.
The bill-- Chhattisgarh Rajim Kumbh (Kalpa) Mela (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was tabled in the House by Minister for Tourism Culture and Religious Endowment, Tamradhwaj Sahu.
Sahu during the discussion said the bill had been tabled in the House keeping in mind the religious and cultural heritage of the State.
During discussion on the bill, BJP member Ajay Chandrakar demanded in the House to send the matter to a select Committee.
BJP member Brijmohan Agrawal while opposing the bill said it was not moved by following a set norms in the House. “Why the government is moving the bill in haste, he said while also objecting that financial memorandum was also not tabled for the same.
Speaker Charandas Mahant, who was in the chair, ruled that he had given permission of tabling the bill while relaxing the rules and regulation.
Replying to objection of BJP member Brijmohan Agrawal, Legislative Affairs Minister Ravindra Chaubey said that financial memorandum was not necessary to be tabled in the House as the amendment was only in the name of the fair.