05-23-2006, 08:50 PM
<!--emo&:cool--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/specool.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='specool.gif' /><!--endemo--> BJP for no-confidence against Chatterjee
- NDTV Correspondent
Tuesday, May 23, 2006 (New Delhi):
The BJP has demanded a no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee.
This followed noisy scenes in the Lok Sabha over plans to censure Subash Kashyap, former secretary general of the House in a privilege issue.
He is said to have committed breach of privilege and contempt of House. BJP members objected to a motion listed in the day's agenda against Kashyap.
They also protested against the manner in which the House was being run.
Four BJP members of Lok Sabha's Privileges Committee resigned in protest against Kashyap's censure. The party is also contemplating similar withdrawal from other Committees.
"This is a black day for democracy. All our four Members in the Privileges Committee -- Kishan Singh Sangwan, Rajendrasinh Ranana, Ananth Kumar Hegde and Virendra Kumar -- have resigned. We are considering whether to withdraw our MPs from all other Parliamentary Committees as well," said V K Malhotra, BJP Deputy Leader, Lok Sabha.
Left parties meanwhile, strongly criticised the BJP for stalling parliamentary proceedings.
CPI(M) MP Basudev Acharya said that the BJP was trying to dictate terms to the Parliament and in the process eroding parliamentary authority.
- NDTV Correspondent
Tuesday, May 23, 2006 (New Delhi):
The BJP has demanded a no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee.
This followed noisy scenes in the Lok Sabha over plans to censure Subash Kashyap, former secretary general of the House in a privilege issue.
He is said to have committed breach of privilege and contempt of House. BJP members objected to a motion listed in the day's agenda against Kashyap.
They also protested against the manner in which the House was being run.
Four BJP members of Lok Sabha's Privileges Committee resigned in protest against Kashyap's censure. The party is also contemplating similar withdrawal from other Committees.
"This is a black day for democracy. All our four Members in the Privileges Committee -- Kishan Singh Sangwan, Rajendrasinh Ranana, Ananth Kumar Hegde and Virendra Kumar -- have resigned. We are considering whether to withdraw our MPs from all other Parliamentary Committees as well," said V K Malhotra, BJP Deputy Leader, Lok Sabha.
Left parties meanwhile, strongly criticised the BJP for stalling parliamentary proceedings.
CPI(M) MP Basudev Acharya said that the BJP was trying to dictate terms to the Parliament and in the process eroding parliamentary authority.