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Censure motion on Amit Jogi in Chhattisgarh for unparliamentary conduct

He sprinkled 'Ganga Jal' inside the House as protest against ordinance to run liquor shops

File photo of Amit Jogi. Photo: PTI
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File photo of Congress leader Amit Jogi whom the party's Chhattisgarh unit on Wednesday expelled for six years for his alleged involvement in the fixing of a by-poll and facilitating the victory of the BJP. Photo: PTI

R Krishna Das Raipur
Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly on Thursday passed a censure motion against Amit Jogi and two other legislators for their unparliamentary conduct.

The censure motion was tabled against Amit Jogi, R K Rai and Siyaram Kaushik by the state’s parliamentary affairs minister, Ajay Chandrakar and was backed by the Opposition party, Congress. Amit, son of former Chhattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi, has been expelled from the Congress while Rai has been suspended for anti-party activities. All the three are members of the state legislative assembly.

Chandrakar alleged that the conduct of these members was highly unparliamentary and need to be censured in