BJP takes a dig at C’garh govt amid rift in Cong unit

A day after Chhattisgarh health minister T.S. Singh Deo walked out of the Assembly demanding his government issue a clear statement in his context, the Opposition BJP on Wednesday attacked the Congress, saying that how can people of Chhattisgarh trust the government when its minister himself has no faith in the government.

The BJP MLAs created a ruckus in the Vidha Sabha on the third day of the monsoon session over the absence of Chhattisgarh health minister Singh Deo.

Attacking the government, BJP MLA Brij Mohan Agrawal said a constitutional crisis has arisen with the minister walking out of the house. A minister takes the oath of taking the collective responsibility and Singh Deo has violated the collective responsibility by expressing no confidence in the government. The MLA asked the government whether Singh Deo had resigned or his resignation had been taken.

He said that if not, then after the minister left the House, there would be no government anymore. And when there is no government then how will the discussion take place in the house?

Other BJP MLAs said it is for the first time in the history of Chhattisgarh’s politics that a minister has not taken the collective responsibility and has walked out of the

Meanwhile, state home minister Tamradhwaj Sahu gave a clean chit to his Cabinet colleague Deo in the Saturday’s attack on the convoy of ruling Congress MLA Brihaspati Singh at Ambikapur in the state, ending the impasse in the Assembly.

Making a statement in the House, Mr Sahu said the allegations leveled against state health minister T S Singh Deo by the lawmaker that he conspired to eliminate him was “false and baseless”.

“Mr Deo had no role in the incident,” he said.

Mr Sahu’s statement came after the legislator expressed regret over his allegation against the health minister, describing it a mere emotional outburst.