Speaker adjourns Assam Assembly

The Assam Assembly was adjourned Monday as the opposition obstructed functioning of the House over fuel price hike and rise in prices of essential commodities.

Monday was the first day of the Autumn Session of Assam Assembly.

The Opposition members, comprising Congress and AIUDF, went to the Well of the House, showed placards and shouted slogans against the BJP-ruled government and price rise after the Speaker Hitendra Nath Goswami reserved his ruling on the opposition demand for an adjournment motion for Tuesday.

The ruling BJP MLAs also went to the Well and shouted against the opposition members.

Goswami adjourned the House for about two minutes, but even after the House bell rang during reassembly, the Speaker entered after almost 15 minutes.

He then reiterated his statement that he will announce his decision on Adjournment Motion tomorrow and continued with the day's business amidst a noisy scene.

The day's entire proceedings were completed in a hurried manner with the concerned ministers only mentioning them without any discussion as the opposition continued to raise slogans against the government and Speaker in the Well of the House.

Earlier, the Opposition Congress and AIUDF brought two Adjournment Motion notices over rising prices of petrol, diesel, LPG and other essential commodities.

After hearing the arguments from Congress MLA Ajanta Neog and AIUDF MLA Hafiz Bashir Ahmed in favour of the motion and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary against it, Goswami reserved his ruling for tomorrow.