Governor Haribhau Bagade arrived to deliver his customary address. He inspected the ceremonial Guard of Honour along the porch of the Assembly Complex, where the opposition Congress MLAs held demonstration at the other gate in the premises.
All Congress MPs from Bihar, members of the Bihar Legislative Council, and senior leaders of the Bihar Congress were also present at the meeting.
The Calcutta High Court blocked the release of his passport, which he had sought to attend the World Travel Market event in London from November 4 to 6.
On the second day of the ongoing budget session in Bhopal, Congress MLAs, led by Leader of Opposition Umang Singhar, staged a protest near Mahatma Gandhi’s statue within the Assembly premises.
Alleging a scam worth thousands of crores in the ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ and ‘Nal Jal Yojana’ in Madhya Pradesh, opposition Congress MLAs on Thursday staged a demonstration in the state assembly, holding tap faucets and placards.
They had tendered their resignations en masse in protest against a one-line resolution sought in a special CLP meeting on the orders of party high command on September 25.
Independents, all BJP rebels, are Hoshiyar Singh from Dehra, Hiteshwar Singh from Banjar in Kullu and Ashish in Hamirpur Sadar, once the stronghold of two-time Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal.
Deputy Leader of Opposition (BJP) R S Rathore said he filed the PIL against the Speaker and Secretary of the Assembly and demanded judicial intervention in the issue.
A performance card that shows how each individual MLA fared in the assembly sessions has been released by National Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) ahead of the assembly election.
Recalling that the MLAs had decided to resign en masse, the letter written by LoO Kataria to the Speaker said he should take a decision on legitimate membership of the legislator (s) in the House and accept their resignations en masse.
