Chandigarh: The second day of the Punjab Budget Session was adjourned on Thursday after extreme chaos over the farmers’ debt and Rana Gurjit issues.
In a series of tweets, Capt. Amarinder Singh expressed his concern over the happenings in the House. In his first tweet, he pointed at the Akalis for not allowing the House to run peacefully. He wrote that Akalis were aware that the present government was in the process of loan waiver which they could not do in the previous 10 years of their governance. This was the reason they did not let the house to function.
Barely after 15 minutes of its beginning, the Speaker adjourned the House for half an hour.
The SAD and BJP MLAs demanded discussion on the farmers’ debt and raced to the Well of the House.
Capt. Amarinder Singh’s next tweet criticized the behavior of AAP MLA’s saying he had not seen such disrespect to the Speaker in 50 years of his career in Politics.
The speaker said that the issues should be taken up after the Question Hour but the opposition party members did not relent.
Captain Amarinder again tweeted to express his opinion, saying: “Akalis know, they have to answer for many omissions and commissions they don’t have answers for. They cannot run away from it. “
After the rage by the opposition, the Congress MLAs also joined the ruckus, raising slogans to which the Speaker did not relent and adjourned the session.
Akalis demanded an apology from Local Bodies Minister, Navjot Singh Sidhu, for abusing them.
Sukhpal Khaira, leader from the AAP party, demanded attention to Rana Gurjit issue. The House was again adjourned for half an hour. After the Akalis, the AAP MLAs too stormed the Well of the House raising slogans against the sand mafia and threw papers at the Speaker. The effect of this was the eviction of AAP MLAs from the House. Ludhiana MLA Simarjeet Singh was suspended for the whole session.
AAP leader HS Phoolka announced to hold a mock session outside the House after the Assembly was adjourned for the day.
Earlier, the Vidhan Sabha paid homage to Punjabi writer Ajmer Singh Aulakh, who passed away in Mansa on Thursday.