Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh State Assembly created history by carrying out business in the house as usual on Sunday, the public holiday. The functioning on Sunday continued till 10 pm, followed by marathon proceedings on Saturday which ran all the way till 11 pm on Saturday. In the past few days as well the House was functioning till 8pm.
The proceedings in the House were carried by almost 12 hours on Saturday when the House met at 11am and the business continued till 10.45 pm. As the Question Hour, Zero Hour, Call Attention Motion and other government businesses were carried out, the House even did not adjourn for the lunch break.
However, the decision to carry out business on Saturday and Sunday was taken by Business Advisory Committee of the assembly after the House did not meet on July 15 and 16 due to government holidays. The Congress and BJP MLAs also exchanged some words over the credit for the House functioning on Sunday.
Meanwhile, as the House again met on Sunday morning, the Congress MLAs raised the matter of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi’s detention while she was on her way to meet victim families of Sonbhdra killings. Tribal Affairs minister Omkar Singh Markam intervened objecting to the fact that Gandhi was not allowed to meet family of the victims.
The speaker suggested to take up issues of Zero Hour in MP assembly on the liens of parliament to take up issues of urgent important but the BJP MLAs led by Leader of Opposition objected to this leading to pandemonium and assembly getting adjourned. Former assembly speaker Sitasaran Sharma also raised the issue of promotion in reservation during Zero Hour. BJP MLA Rameshwar Sharma also raised the issue of sand storage in city limits and demanded discontinuing this system.