The Bhupesh Baghel led Congress government survived a no confidence motion by the Bharatiya Janata Party in Chhattisgarh on Saturday. The motion was reportedly defeated by voice vote shortly after 1 a.m. after 13 hours of debate. While the Congress has 71 members in the 90-member assembly, the BJP has 13 MLAs in the House.
All about heated debate
The House witnessed a heated debate on the no-confidence motion since Friday as opposition members targeted the Congress government over alleged scams, failure to fulfill its survey promises and the “deteriorating” law and order situation.
According to media reports, the Treasury rejected the accusations of the opposition parties because they did not come up with any specific problems and the indictment lacked facts.
Reacting to the debate, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel also claimed that the opposition’s allegations lacked facts and by making them, the BJP gave the government a chance to highlight its achievements in the Assembly.
No confidence motion gave us an opportunity to highlight our work: Chhattisgarh CM Baghel Shortly before the CM finished his speech, BJP members started promoting slogans against the government, which it said had failed to answer the opposition’s allegations, and walked out of the House.
Criticizing the Centre, Baghel said “Enforcement Directorate has been given huge powers, which is not in the interest of the country. I strongly oppose the move to give ED powers to investigate GST-related cases”.
BJP’s move against Congress
The debate began on Friday when the BJP tabled a 109-point “charge-sheet” against the Baghel government, accusing it of corruption and reneging on poll promises.
The BJP moved a no-confidence motion against the government on Wednesday and the debate on it was fixed for Friday.
BJP MLA Brijmohan Agrawal opened the debate and said that the no-confidence motion was moved because this government had become “deaf and dumb” and had become a “murderer of democracy”.
He claimed that the Baghel government’s atrocities on the youth were greater than those committed by the British. Mohan Markam’s induction into the Baghel-led cabinet after he replaced him as Chhattisgarh Congress unit chief and removed minister Premsai Singh Tekam from the cabinet.
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