The governing and opposition groups continued to spar on the second day of the Monsoon session of the Chhattisgarh legislature on Tuesday over the alleged attack on Congress’ Ramanujganj tribal MLA Brihaspati Singh’s vehicle.
T S Singh Deo, the health minister, walked out of the assembly floor and drove away in his car, and the House was adjourned for the day as a result of the commotion. Bhupesh Baghel, the chief minister, is convening a meeting with his cabinet ministers to discuss the matter.
After opposition leader Dharamlal Kaushik insisted that Singh and Singh Deo’s statements be recorded in the purported road rage incident, Singh Deo walked out. Singh had accused Singh Deo of organising the attack on him on Saturday in retaliation for his positive remarks about Baghel.
Kaushik’s demand Tuesday came after home minister Tamradhwaj Sahu tabled a reply on the accusations of Singh but the opposition continued to raise a chaos. Before walking out, Singh Deo said, “I don’t see myself fit to sit in the session until the government issues a clear statement about this incident and clears the air of allegations…Enough is enough. I am a human being. I have already attended meetings with the Chief Minister over this issue. The government has to make its stand clear.”
On Saturday, one of the follow-up vehicles from Singh’s convoy was allegedly involved in an incident of road rage. A day later, Singh in a press conference in Raipur accused health minister and senior leader Singh Deo of orchestrating an attack on him. He also claimed that his life was in threat.
On Monday, BJP staged a walk out on the issue, demanding a statement from the government, raising issues on the security of MLAs.
