Chouhan upset as Cong boycotts special Assembly session
Afour-day special session of Madhya Pradesh Assembly (May 11-14) generated a heated debate in the state. The session that was held to build a political consensus on development issues actually divided political parties with the main opposition party Congress boycotting it. Besides, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) also criticised the whole procedure as wastage of time and energy.
Also, deputy Speaker Harvansh Singh of the Congress didn’t participate in the session. While the BSP legislators protested outside the House, the Congress organised a parallel session at Iqbal ground in Bhopal. Calling it unconstitutional, the Congress claimed that it will not serve the purpose of raising people-oriented issues in the House. They also staged a sit-in in the Assembly building to the chagrin of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
This was for the first time in the state’s history that the opposition boycotted the special session. The CM tried his best to convince the Congress legislators to attend the session and discuss ways to address the problems. He even wrote a letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi to ask her party legislators to participate in the special session aimed at seeking suggestions on development.
But there was no positive response from the Congressmen in the state. In response the Congress sent a letter to BJP national president Nitin Gadkari. They requested him to direct his party colleagues and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to hold discussions on issues related to people rather than organising a special session of the Assembly. However, no positive steps were taken from both the sides.
They stuck to their own stand. The Congress and BSP lambasted the state government. They said that the government has lost its moral right to hold such a session at a time when six of its ministers were facing investigation from Lokayukta and Economic Offences Wing (EOW).
Besides, both the parties lashed out at the CM for the power shortage in the state. They said that the state government first needs to address the problem of malnutrition in the state as some 600,000 children have died of it. President Pratibha Patil was earlier supposed to address the special session but her visit to Bhopal was called off due to “unavoidable reasons.” However, on the final day of the session, the CM said: “After discussing the issues with all legislators we have decided to work for the development of the state. We want to achieve our goals by 2013.”
Afour-day special session of Madhya Pradesh Assembly (May 11-14) generated a heated debate in the state. The session that was held to build a political consensus on development issues actually divided political parties with the main opposition party Congress boycotting it. Besides, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) also criticised the whole procedure as wastage of time and energy.
Also, deputy Speaker Harvansh Singh of the Congress didn’t participate in the session. While the BSP legislators protested outside the House, the Congress organised a parallel session at Iqbal ground in Bhopal. Calling it unconstitutional, the Congress claimed that it will not serve the purpose of raising people-oriented issues in the House. They also staged a sit-in in the Assembly building to the chagrin of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
This was for the first time in the state’s history that the opposition boycotted the special session. The CM tried his best to convince the Congress legislators to attend the session and discuss ways to address the problems. He even wrote a letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi to ask her party legislators to participate in the special session aimed at seeking suggestions on development.
But there was no positive response from the Congressmen in the state. In response the Congress sent a letter to BJP national president Nitin Gadkari. They requested him to direct his party colleagues and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to hold discussions on issues related to people rather than organising a special session of the Assembly. However, no positive steps were taken from both the sides.
They stuck to their own stand. The Congress and BSP lambasted the state government. They said that the government has lost its moral right to hold such a session at a time when six of its ministers were facing investigation from Lokayukta and Economic Offences Wing (EOW).
Besides, both the parties lashed out at the CM for the power shortage in the state. They said that the state government first needs to address the problem of malnutrition in the state as some 600,000 children have died of it. President Pratibha Patil was earlier supposed to address the special session but her visit to Bhopal was called off due to “unavoidable reasons.” However, on the final day of the session, the CM said: “After discussing the issues with all legislators we have decided to work for the development of the state. We want to achieve our goals by 2013.”
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