VIRBHADRA DA CASE CHARGESHEET READY
BJP stages walkout as Speaker rejects demand of breach of privilege notice against CM
The CBI has finalised its chargesheet in the disproportionate assets case against Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh and his family members after its probe found that assets worth `10 crore were allegedly amassed during his stint as a Union minister. The probe agency had earlier pegged the value of assets amassed by Virbhadra at `6 crore.
SHIMLA: The five-day monsoon session of Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha began on turbulent note on Monday with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) staging a walkout after Speaker Brij Bihari Lal Butail turned down the Opposition’s demand to launch breach of privilege proceeding against chief minister Virbhadra Singh for the “unparliamentarily” language used by him against BJP legislators.
The commotion in the assembly began soon after the House paid tributes to deceased leaders.
BJP chief whip and Shimla legislator Suresh Bhardwaj wanted to know the fate about the notice on the breach of privilege against Virbhadra for his remarks against the BJP legislators.
Bhardwaj quoted clipping of different newspapers, which had published his remarks against the BJP legislators on the birth anniversary of states first chief minister YS Parmar on August 4. He said Virbhadra had gone on record saying that “barring a few, rest of the BJP legislators are unfit for even municipal corporation).
The BJP legislators were soon on their toes, alleging that the CM had inflicted insult to the BJP legislators. Bhardwaj said neither the government nor the chief minister contradicted the news related to remarks against the legislators. Bhardwaj was soon joined by his colleagues, who pressed upon launching the breach of the privilege proceeding against the CM.
The demand for the breach of privilege motion was condemned by the members of the ruling party that led to uproar in the House with both sides witnessing frayed tempers. Amid the uproar in the House, Virbhadra denied that he had never used unparliamentary language against the legislators.