Speaker quashes removal notice against self; adjourns House sine-die

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Ranchi, Aug 22 (UNI) The week-long monsoon session of the Jharkhand Assembly was abruptly concluded as Speaker Alamgir Alam adjourned the House sine die on the fourth day today following repeated protests from the NDA-led Opposition.

The Opposition has been protesting against a corruption issue involving the chief minister. It also accused the Speaker of aligning with the Treasury Bench.

The Speaker's decision to adjourn the House came when the Opposition members crowded at the well, ransacked the secretary's table and threw chairs leading to a din after Mr Alam refused to entertain a notice by Mr Saryu Rai of the BJP that sought his removal.

Mr Alam in his ruling said the notice seeking removal of the Speaker or Deputy Speaker must be received by the Assembly Secretariat 14 days before conclusion of the session and as the current session was scheduled to end on August 24, the letter that was received yesterday could not be entertained.

At this, Deputy Chief Minister, also in-charge of Parliamentary Affairs, Stephen Marandi thanked the Speaker and criticised the Opposition for not going into the details before taking any such move.

Provoked by the ruling party's statement and the Speaker's ruling, the Opposition went to the well shouting slogans resulting in pandemonium.

The fracas by both the Opposition and Treasury benches continued well after the Speaker left the Chair adjourning the House sine-die.

Earlier, as the Speaker took his seat and was about to announce the beginning of the question hour, Pradeep Yadav(BJP) raised the corruption issue that had been rocking the House for the past three days.

When the Speaker's repeated pleas to the members of both sides to maintain dignity fell on deaf ears, he adjourned the House for 15 minutes.

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