Proceedings initiated against BJP MLAs for creating ruckus in HP assembly: Speaker

Assembly speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania said that notices have been received from some members (on the ruckus) and he has taken suo motu notice of the incident

Proceedings have been initiated against some Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs for creating a ruckus in the assembly before the budget was passed on February 28, and the matter has been referred to the privileges committee.

Assembly speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania (HT File)

Assembly speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania said that notices have been received from some members (on the ruckus) and he has taken suo motu notice of the incident.

“The matter has been referred to the privileges committee,” Pathania said.

“The indiscipline created by BJP legislators inside the House invites action for breach of privilege, rules and constitutional provisions and notices are being issued to them in this regard,” the speaker said.

According to the speaker, the committee would conduct its proceedings behind closed doors and submit a comprehensive report. The ethics and privilege committee comprises deputy speaker Vinay Kumar and MLAs Bhawani Singh Pathania (Fatehpur), DS Thakur (Dalhousie), Puran Chand (Darang), Ajay Solankey (Nahan) amd Neeraj Nayyar (Chamba).

On February 28, the speaker had adjourned the House after suspending 15 BJP MLAs, including leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur, for alleged misbehaviour with the marshal outside the speaker’s office and creating a ruckus on February 27, but the suspended BJP MLAs refused to leave the House and threw papers on the chair of the speaker and raised slogans

With inputs from PTI