Madhya Pradesh Assembly Adjourned Sine Die Amid BJP-Congress Ruckus, National Anthem Skipped For First Time

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The state assembly was adjourned sine die (until further notice) following a ruckus between BJP and Congress members over the face-off between the opposition and NDA MPs in Parliament on Friday. The ruckus was created over Union Minister Amit Shah's comment on Dr B.R. Ambedkar.

Probably for the first time, the House adjourned after the listed business on the last day of the Winter Session without the customary national anthem.

According to information, the issue started when BJP MLA and former speaker Sitasharan Sharma raised the issue of LoP Rahul Gandhi's "inappropriate behaviour" during a scuffle in the Parliament premises in the Lok Sabha. Following this MLAs from both the Congress and the BJP created a ruckus.

Congress members asked the BJP MLAs to raise slogans of "Jai Bheem" and demanded the resignation of Union Home Minister Amit Shah for allegedly disrespecting Dr. Ambedkar and rushed to the well of the House sporting blue scarves. BJP members condemned Gandhi's behaviour in the Lok Sabha and also rushed to the well.

Following the brawl, Speaker Narendra Singh Tomar adjourned the House sine die without the customary national anthem.

Congress MLA Bhanwar Singh Shekhawat, while talking to the media, said that was the first time in the history of the assembly that the House was adjourned sine die without the national anthem, as the BJP has no regard for the Constitution.

Rural Development Minister Prahlad Patel said the House was not in proper order for the national anthem, and in such a situation, it would not have been possible for the Speaker to conduct it.