Opposition acted against the Code : Punjab Vidhan Sabha

Rana Kanwarpal Singh expressed concern over the anarchy in the House

5 Dariya News

Chandigarh 22-Jun-2017

A day after the budget session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, the Aam Aadmi Party and Lok Insaf Party tried to disrupt the proceedings of the house by hooliganism in the house and also scuffled with the security personal therefore they were expelled from the house.Giving information about this, spokesman of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha said that on June 22, 2017, during the Question Hour at 10:30 am, members of Aam Aadmi Party and Lok Insaf Party created serious hurdles in the question hour proceedings and despite of repeated attempts by the Chair to stop such activities, they did not stop doing so. Due to this the Speaker had to name and suspend the members of Aam Aadmi Party and a Lok Insaf Party for smooth functioning of the remaining proceedings of the House today.

The spokesperson said that according to the instructions of the Honorable Speaker, when these members were being taken out from the house by the security personal, Aam Aadmi Party member Jai Kishan manhandled and hit a lady security staff deployed on duty. He said that these members also tried to damage the house property.The spokesman said that during the debate on estimates this afternoon, at 11:20 pm, members of the SAD and Bharatiya Janata Party legislators crossed the floor of the house shouting slogans and walked out. Later on the SAD and the Bharatiya Janata Party returned to the House, and entered the well shouting slogans.Speaker repeatedly requested them to go to their seats but they did not go to their seats. Speaker had no choice left, therefore these SAD-BJP legislators were named due to the unlawful activities. Meanwhile, the House had to be adjourned twice. 

Due to such unfortunate incidents, members of Aam Aadmi Party, Lok Insaf Party, Shiromani Akali Dal and members of Bharatiya Janata Party have violated the code and rules of conduct in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha.hat happened in the House today was not explicitly appropriate as per the old established traditions of the House.The house termed these activities of the opposition as unfortunate and sought action for disrespecting the special privileges of the august house.Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Rana KP Singh expressing anguish over the anarchist activities said that such un-constitutional acts are against the sanctity of the august house. He termed this as black spots on democracy. He further said that any such effort to disrupt the house for petty political interests would not be tolerated.