In-charge leader of Opposition Bala Bachchan demanded a debate on adjournment motion regarding the question on caste-based reservation during Question Hour which led to heated arguments between the treasury and opposition benches.
Speaker Sitasaran Sharma intervened saying the issue will be discussed later.
After Question Hour ended, when the Zero Hour was scheduled to begin, Congress member Ramniwas Rawat demanded that a debate on his adjournment motion on the question paper of MP Secondary Education Board on caste-based reservation be taken up.
Other Congress members stood up and demanded a debate on the Class 12 Hindi paper question, alleging that BJP wants to end caste-based reservation in Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education, which, they said, was unconstitutional.
Mishra said Congress has informed the Assembly Secretariat that it wants a debate on adjournment motion (moved by Rawat, Ajay Singh, Mukesh Nayak and Jitu Patwari over reservation) very late.
He said Congress members had put up their demand for a debate on adjournment motion at 9.40 am whereas the session began at 10.30 AM.
Speaker Sitasaran Sharma said the treasury bench needs time to collect details regarding the debate on adjournment motion and asked why such issues are not put up with the Assembly secretariat two hours before the House business starts?
Congress member Mukesh Nayak demanded that the subject was very important and it should be debated. In the past, he said that debates on adjournment motions used to take place on short notices, a fact which was countered by Forest Minister Dr Gaurishankar Shejwar.
treasury bench and opposition. Amid din, the Speaker adjourned the House for 10 minutes.
After the House re-assembled, Shejwar alleged that Nayak was opposed to reservation, ensuing in a furore after which the Speaker adjourned the House again for 10 more minutes.
After the House re-assembled, the Speaker reiterated and assured that a call on the debate on adjournment motion will be taken after information regarding it is acquired.
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