Rajasthan Politics / There was uproar from the road to the house over the statement of Minister Avinash Gehlot

Rajasthan Politics: There was an uproar in the Rajasthan Assembly during the Question Hour on Friday when Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Avinash Gehlot made a remark about former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The opposition strongly protested against this remark and uproar started in the House.

Uproar over the remark and uproar in the House

In response to a question, Avinash Gehlot said that in the last budget 2023-24, as usual, the scheme was named after Indira Gandhi. This remark infuriated Leader of Opposition Tikaram Julie and other Congress MLAs. Julie termed it as 'nonsense' and said that Indira Gandhi has been the Prime Minister of the country and such language cannot be used for her.

Opposition protest and adjournment of the House proceedings

Congress MLAs came to the well of the House and started sloganeering over this remark. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Jogaram Patel tried to calm the situation and called the word 'Dadi' respectful, but by then the Congress MLAs had reached the Speaker's table. Seeing the increasing uproar, Speaker Vasudev Devnani adjourned the proceedings of the House for 30 minutes.

Dharna and suspension of MLAs

Even after the proceedings of the House resumed, the protest of Congress MLAs continued, due to which the House had to be adjourned again. After this, the Speaker suspended six MLAs including Congress state president Govind Singh Dotasara. The angry Congress MLAs staged a dharna in the assembly itself and spent three consecutive nights and four days there. During this, the health of two MLAs also deteriorated.

Assembly siege and police clash

As soon as the assembly session started on Monday, Congress MLAs again created a ruckus in the House, due to which the proceedings had to be adjourned twice. Congress workers from all over the state protested at 22 Godown Circle and raised slogans against the BJP government. During the demonstration, some workers tried to break the assembly gate, which led to a clash with the police. The police detained some workers and also used water cannons.

Speaker's mediation and deadlock continues

In view of the protest, the Speaker called some MLAs to his chamber and tried to end the deadlock. Govind Singh Dotasara alleged that the Speaker had said that first Minister Avinash Gehlot will apologize, then he will also apologize. But even when he was allowed to speak in the House, the minister did not apologize. Dotasara questioned the Speaker's intention and said that the government does not want to run the Assembly smoothly.

BJP's counterattack

BJP Chief Whip Jogeshwar Garg said that the internal dispute of the Congress has come out in the open. He said that the Speaker had talked to the Congress MLAs, including senior MLAs, to break the deadlock. But Dotasara started giving a different statement in the House contrary to the discussion held in the chamber. The BJP accused the Congress of disrupting the House.

What happened outside the Rajasthan Assembly on Monday?

There was a huge uproar outside the Rajasthan Assembly on Monday. The Congress had gheraoed the Assembly. Congress MLAs are protesting against the statement made by a minister of the government on Indira Gandhi. Barricades were put up to stop the protesters. Congress workers also clashed with the police.

In fact, Avinash Gehlot, a minister in the Rajasthan government, had commented on Indira Gandhi. Avinash Gehlot had called Indira Gandhi the grandmother of Congress. After this, the Congress MLAs created a ruckus in the assembly. Seeing this ruckus, the Speaker of the Assembly suspended 6 Congress MLAs.

In protest, Congress MLAs had laid a bed in the assembly. Today, Congress MLAs surrounded the assembly. Sachin Pilot and former CM Ashok Gehlot also participated in it.

Let us tell you that on Friday, there was a ruckus in the Rajasthan Assembly over the minister's comment while answering a question related to the hostel for working women. Due to this, the proceedings of the house had to be adjourned thrice. After this, the uproar increased so much that now the Congress MLAs have come out to protest outside the house.

Conclusion

The controversy that started in the Rajasthan Assembly over the comment on Indira Gandhi turned into a political battle. While the Congress termed it as the insensitivity of the BJP government, the BJP accused the Congress of not allowing the house to function. It will be interesting to see what solution comes out of this dispute.