Jaipur: The nearly weeklong deadlock in the Rajasthan assembly over state minister Avinash Gehlot’s remark on former prime minister Indira Gandhi ended on Thursday following Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma’s intervention.
The suspension of six Congress MLAs, including its state chief Govind Singh Dotasra, was also revoked after Opposition leader Tikaram Jully tendered an apology on behalf of the Laxmangarh lawmaker for his conduct towards the Speaker. Sharma held a meeting with Speaker Vasudev Devnani and Jully in the Speaker’s chamber to break the deadlock.
With the impasse ending, Congress legislators entered the House and took part in the proceedings.
Jully thanked Sharma for taking the initiative to break the deadlock.
Sharma said such deadlocks, even if they occurred, should not last long.
Devnani said Dotasra’s conduct was not worth pardoning but he accepted Jully’s apology.
He described as unfortunate the words Dotasra had used for him and said the Opposition leader should ensure that he did not conduct himself in such a manner in future.
He also gave a ruling that if an MLA reached the Speaker’s dais during any future protest, they would be suspended without bringing a proposal.
On Devnani’s direction, the government’s chief whip Jogeshwar Garg moved a proposal to revoke the suspension of the six Congress MLAs – Dotasara, Ramkesh Meena, Amin Kagzi, Jakir Hussain, Hakam Ali and Sanjay Kumar.
The House passed the proposal by voice vote, following which the suspensions were revoked.
