Congress legislators proceed ‘dharna’, spend evening in Meeting

Through the Query Hour on Friday, social justice and empowerment minister Avinash Gehlot pointed to the opposition and mentioned, “Within the 2023-24 funds additionally, like at all times, you named the scheme (on working girls’s hostels) after your ‘Dadi’ (grandmother) Indira Gandhi.”

The comment led to a heavy uproar within the Home, which led to a few adjournments.

Authorities chief whip Jogeshwar Garg moved a proposal to droop Congress MLAs Govind Singh Dotasara, Ramkesh Meena, Amin Kagzi, Jakir Hussain, Hakam Ali and Sanjay Kumar, which was handed by voice vote.

After the proposal to droop the six MLAs was handed, the speaker adjourned the Home until 11 am on Monday. Following the adjournment, the Congress MLAs began their sit-in within the Home and spent the evening there.