Akalis, AAP MLAs walk out of Punjab special assembly session over unkept promises - Hindustan Times
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Akalis, AAP MLAs walk out of Punjab special assembly session over unkept promises

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent
Jan 16, 2020 02:31 PM IST

CHANDIGARH Members of the opposition Shiromani Akali Dal and the Aam Aadmi Party walked out of the special session of the Punjab assembly here on Thursday that began with the address by governor VP Singh Badnore on the Congress government’s plans and promises.

Shiromani Akali Dal members walking out of the Punjab assembly on Thursday. They were holding rattlers to register their protest against the Congress-led government that is yet to fulfil its promises.(Ravi Kumar/HT)
Shiromani Akali Dal members walking out of the Punjab assembly on Thursday. They were holding rattlers to register their protest against the Congress-led government that is yet to fulfil its promises.(Ravi Kumar/HT)

The Shiromani Akali Dal MLAs were quick to register their protest as they asked the governor what good his past addresses had done for the people of Punjab. Carrying toys to the House, the members said it symbolised the false promises made by the Congress government led by Capt Amarinder Singh to the people of the state.

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Aam Aadmi Party legislators raising slogans while walking out of the assembly on Thursday. (Ravi Kumar/HT)
Aam Aadmi Party legislators raising slogans while walking out of the assembly on Thursday. (Ravi Kumar/HT)

Though the AAP MLAs listened quietly to the governor, they decided to walk out later, saying his address failed to impress. They said no new issue was taken up. The speech was a rehash of previous speeches delivered in the House.

The two-day special session – the 10th of the 15th Vidhan Sabha – has been convened to ratify the Constitution (126th Amendment) Bill, 2019, which seeks to extend the reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies for another 10 years. The Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on December 10, 2019, and by the Rajya Sabha on December 12, 2019.

Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh (right) welcoming governor VP Singh Badnore on the opening day of the two-day special session of the Punjab assembly in Chandigarh on Thursday. (Ravi Kumar/HT)
Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh (right) welcoming governor VP Singh Badnore on the opening day of the two-day special session of the Punjab assembly in Chandigarh on Thursday. (Ravi Kumar/HT)

The Amarinder Singh-led Congress government will go by the will of the House on the way forward with respect to the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the National Population Register (NPR).

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