One-day session murder of democracy: Congress MLA

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 27

Congress MLA from Faridabad’s NIT segment Neeraj Sharma described the one-day session of the Haryana Assembly as the murder of democracy.

At a press conference held here on Thursday, he said 12 bills were passed in a hurry but the voice of the Opposition, which was to raise scams, was muzzled.

The MLA said earlier Speaker Gian Chand Gupta had told us that a bill would reach MLAs five days before it would be tabled. “No MLA was allowed to speak in the session. It appears that we were prisoners, he said.

“The session was wastage of people’s money as Deputy Speaker Ranbir Gangwa didn’t allow anyone to speak.”

“The land belonging to Waqf board is being usurped in Faridabad. Custodian land is being usurped. But the government is worried about shopping malls and private hospitals. No meaningful discussion was allowed on the Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Act,” he added.

“Rohtak MLA BB Batra has called for sending the bill to a select committee. I have written to the Governor not to approve the Act,” he said.

The MLA said he had raised the issues of scam in food and supply in his constituency but in vain. The BJP government blamed previous governments for their failures, he said.

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