Bhopal: Bedlam was witnessed in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly on Wednesday after the opposition BJP alleged that the law and order situation was deteriorating in the state, in view of the kidnapping and killing of a three-year-old boy in Bhopal. The BJP members shouted slogans in the well of the House, criticising the state Congress-led government over the issue and later staged a walkout. Speaker NP Prajapati adjourned the House twice amid the ruckus due to which the Question Hour was washed out.
Earlier, when the House assembled for the day, former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Leader of the Opposition Gopal Bhargava demanded a discussion on the deteriorating law and order situation. They referred to the kidnapping of a three-year-old boy, whose charred body was found in Kolar area on July 16. They demanded a discussion on their adjournment motion by suspending proceedings of the Question Hour, and also mentioned some incidents of rape and killing of minors in the state in the past few months.
However, some state ministers and other members at the treasury benches then stood up to counter them, leading to chaos in the House. They did not pay heed to the Speaker’s appeal to allow him to conduct the Question Hour. The opposition members, led by senior BJP member Narottam Mishra, then rushed to the well of the House and started shouted slogans against the government, forcing the Speaker to adjourn the proceedings for five minutes.
When the House resumed, Chouhan and Bhargava again raised the law and order issue and sought a discussion on it. Members of the treasury benches then again stood up to oppose them, leading to din in the House. The Speaker then adjourned the House till 12 noon.