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Kerala speaker’s conciliatory efforts fail, assembly disrupted again | Latest News India
Kerala assembly speaker AN Shamsheer’s attempt to solve the ongoing logjam on Thursday failed after opposition members insisted action against two CPI (M) MLAs, H Salam and Sachin Dev.
In conciliatory meeting called in the morning, opposition leader VD Satheesan sought action against two lawmakers who allegedly attacked Revolutionary Marxist Party (RMP) MLA KK Rema, who fractured her hand.
The ruling party members however said opposition legislators were behind the ruckus after they tried to barge into the speaker’s office without any provocation.
The assembly had witnessed unprecedented scenes on Wednesday when opposition members marched to the office of the speaker and entered into a scuffle with house marshals and ruling party members.
Four opposition MLAs and seven marshals sought medical treatment after the incident.
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In the meeting, both chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and the opposition leader Satheesan were reportedly engaged in a verbal duel.
The CM said the opposition cannot bring adjournment motion every day and disrupt the house to which Satheesan replied by saying it was the duty of the opposition to flag important incidents and issues in the house.
After hearing both sides, the speaker said he will give his ruling after examining videos and other details.
He also expressed his disappointment with opposition members enacting a mock assembly session in the middle of the house.
He also objected to the usage of big banners in the house that blocked his view to which opposition members insisted that their protest was peaceful and alleged they were attacked by a joint team of marshals and ruling party legislators.
Later, the question hour was also disrupted after the opposition raised slogans and insisted the speaker to allow the adjournment motion brought in by injured legislator Rema on Wednesday’s incidents.
“The CM is getting worked up after the opposition’s performance in the assembly. It is the duty of the opposition to bring important cases and events in the house. He is getting intolerant as he cannot face criticism,” said Satheesan.
CPI(M) state secretary MV Govindan, however, said the opposition members were behind “unprecedented developments” in the house on Thursday.
“It seems they were planning to attack the speaker and timely intervention of the watch and ward personnel averted it,” he said.
Meanwhile, police registered cases against opposition and ruling party legislators and watch and ward staff of the assembly.
While seven United Democratic Front (UDF) legislators were charged with non-bailable offences like rioting and barging into an office to cause hurt, two ruling party members were booked under assault and other charges.
Union minister Anurag Thakur on Friday announced that the government has increased the dearness allowance or DA for central government employees by 4 per cent to 42 per cent with effect from January 1, 2023.
It has also extended the subsidy under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjawala Yojana for another year and decided to increase the MSP for jute by ₹300.
The Delhi high court on Friday sought response of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) in a plea seeking FIR against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for allegedly revealing the identity of a Dalit girl, who was raped and killed in 2021, and her relatives on Twitter. The child rights body said that it has informed the matter to the Supreme Court and received a notice from there, and will give its response through an affidavit.
Also read: NCPCR notice to Twitter on pic shared by Rahul Gandhi with rape victim’s family
“In 2021, Rahul Gandhi revealed the identity of a POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offcences Act, 2012) victim in a tweet and a case was registered against him under Section 23 of the POCSO Act, Section 74 of the Juvenile Justice Act and Section 128 A of IPC (Indian Penal Code),” NCPCR chief Priyank Kanoongo was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
Delhi HC bench consisting chief justice Satish Chnadra Sharma and justie Sachin Datta sent notice to the NCPCR seeking its response on the matter within four weeks.
However, the child rights body said that a formal notice has not been issued to them by the high court to file a counter-affidavit to the petition. Kanoongo said they contacted Twitter on the matter and came to know that the alleged tweet is not visible in India anymore. NCPCR earlier told the court that despite Twitter’s claim to take down Gandhi’s alleged tweet, the offence of making such disclosure survives.
In 2021, a petition was filed by social activist Makarand Suresh Mhadlekar claiming that the Congress leader violated the Juvenile Justie (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 and the POCSO Act, 2012, by allegedly posting the photo of victim’s patents.
The court listed the matter for further hearing on July 27.
(With ANI, PTI inputs)
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