Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh Assembly on Wednesday passed with voice vote sans discussion the Appropriation Bill with a spending plan of Rs 2,04,642-cr for the next fiscal beginning April 1, and adjourned the House sine die seven days ahead of schedule, as the standoff between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the principal-opposition Congress over the suicide by Public Works Department Minister Rampal Singh’s daughter-in-law continued for the second day.
The House also passed the Rs 190.02 cr Third Supplementary Budget, two bills and budgetary demands of departments related to 16 ministers. Earlier, the House saw four adjournments amid uproar by the Opposition seeking a discussion on the admissibility of an adjournment notice over the issue of suicide by Raisen’s Udaipura-resident Preeti Raghuvanshi, who had married the Minister’s son Girjesh at an Arya Samaj Mandir. Preeti allegedly took the extreme step as Girjesh’s kin had got his betrothal done somewhere else.
When the House re-assembled for the fifth time, a revised agenda was presented before the House. Speaker Sitasaran Sharma completed the proceedings, as the Congress shouted slogans and created din. Leader of the Opposition Ajay Singh today submitted a no-trust motion against Speaker Sitasaran Sharma to Principal Secretary of Vidhan Sabha AP Singh.
Singh confirmed that the proposal’s receipt but clarified that it was not in accordance to rules. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Narottam Mishra objected to the distribution of copies of no-trust motion to media and described it as a breach of privilege by the Opposition Leader.