Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh assembly on Sunday passed the budget of Rs 2.33 lakh crore, in the absence of mail opposition BJP in the House. While discussions on the budgetary demands of Energy department were going on, BJP leader Narottam Mishra all of a sudden raised the demand of obituary to senior Congress leader late Sheila Dikshit. Speaker NP Prajapati declined the request saying that once it was decided in the morning that the obituary would be paid on Monday, the issue cannot be raised now.
On this, the opposition members created bedlam in the house and the House was adjourned for five minutes. Later, when the House re-assembled, Chief Minister Kamal Nath said that in the business advisory committee meeting in the presence of Leader of the Opposition Gopal Bhargav it was decided that the obituary would be scheduled on Monday. “Following this, I had left for New Delhi paying homage to the departed soul. Now, raising the issue disrupting the normal proceedings of the House is not justified,” he added. On this, the opposition members walked out of the house and the Speaker passed the budget and postponed the proceedings till 11 am on Monday.