19 MLAs from Congress and AAP suspended from Gujarat Assembly

A total of 19 legislators from the opposition Congress and the AAP were suspended from the Gujarat Assembly for a day on Wednesday after they shouted slogans against the BJP government before walking out of the House over the issue of a fake trainee PSI found undergoing training at a staterun police training academyWhen Assembly Speaker Shankar Chaudhary rejected Congress demand for a discussion on the issue on an urgent basis claiming that it is linked to the future of youths 16 Congress MLAs and three from the Aam Aadmi Party AAP who were present in the House staged a walkout as a mark of protestGujarat Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs minister Rushikesh Patel moved a resolution for the suspension of these members for a day claiming that opposition MLAs raised placards and shouted slogans as a preplanned strategyWith the support of three independent MLAs the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP governments resolution was passed paving the way for the suspension of the 19 MLAs of the Congress and the AAP for a day for creating ruckus shouting slogans and walking out of the HouseOn Tuesday the office of the state Director General of Police DGP had announced that a person named Mayur Tadvi has been caught undergoing training as a trainee police subinspector PSI at the Police Training Academy in Karai village near Gandhinagar on forged documentsInvestigation conducted into the case so far has revealed that Tadvi prepared a forged letter of his selection as a PSI and entered the Karaibased academy a month back as a trainee However he was eventually caught after officials found that his name was not there in the list of selected candidates when salary bills for 582 trainees were being preparedThough the Congress had submitted a notice for discussion in the House on Tuesday under rule 116 of the Assembly which deals with matter of urgent public importance senior party MLA Amit Chavda sought a discussion on Wednesday itself calling the incident serious and saying that there may be many others who have gained entry into the academy through such illegal meansCongress MLA Shailesh Parmar said though the party has given a notice for discussion under rule 116 and it may come up for discussion after some days the state government can at least give an assurance to the House because the issue affects all the youths of GujaratAlso ReadInstall CCTV in police stations comply with Supreme Court directions Delhi HCWhen Chaudhary rejected their demand saying he cannot bypass the rules and he has to give at least two days to the concerned minister to come with his reply under rule 116 Congress MLAs started shouting slogans and waving placards demanding a discussion today itself alleging that the government is promoting corrupt practicesThey also sought resignation of Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi and also sought an explanation from Chief Minister Bhupendra PatelIn his response CM Patel condemned Congresss demand and said his government is capable of curbing all kinds of illegal activitiesThe House is not meant for satisfying the wishes of a person or a party Recently as you have seen we brought a law to curb paper leaks and also took part in the discussion My government is capable of stopping all kinds of illegal activities Our home minister has done great work for the youth such as cracking down on drugs Therefore it is not proper to stand up in the House just to prove something the CM said in the HouseDespite the CMs statement Congress and AAP MLAs continued their protest and did not sit down despite the Speakers repeated requests They insisted that a discussion must be allowed today itself under any other rule if not permitted under 116When the demand was not accepted by the Speaker opposition members walked out of the House after which they were suspendedIn the 182member Gujarat Assembly the BJP has 156 MLAs Congress 17 and AAP fiveThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever