Vidhan Sabha Secretary advises AAP MLAs against attending session
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| Vidhan Sabha Secretary advises AAP MLAs against attending session |
Chandigarh : The Punjab assembly will meet on Friday for a truncated, one-day session in the absence of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) due to the Covid-19 protocol after 30 state MLAs tested positive.
Some of these MLAs, who have tested positive and are in quarantine, had participated in the legislature party meetings of the Aam Aadmi Party and the SAD before their reports came. Punjab Vidhan Sabha speaker Rana KP Singh and chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Thursday advised the legislators who came in contact with coronavirus positive ministers or MLAs to follow the protocol and avoid attending the session.
However, the AAP legislators, whose three colleagues tested positive this week, decided to attend the session, ignoring their advice. “Barring those who have tested positive, the other nine party MLAs will attend the session. Besides coronavirus, there are other issues such as Scheduled Caste (SC) scholarships, illicit liquor, the Sutlej Yamuna Link Canal and sand mafia that need to be raised. We took the decision at a virtual meeting,” Leader of Opposition (LOP) Harpal Singh Cheema said.
Vidhan Sabha Secretary advises AAP MLAs against attending session
Budhram and Manjit Singh Bilaspur, who have tested positive, had attended the AAP legislature party meeting three days ago in which seven other members were present.
SAD FOLLOWING COVID GUIDELINES: DHILLON
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) legislature group, on the other hand, decided not to attend the session as its MLAs had come in contact with their colleague Gurpartap Singh Wadala, who later tested positive.
SAD legislature party leader Sharanjit Singh Dhillon said the party was following Vidhan Sabha rules and Covid-19 guidelines. The decision was taken at a meeting of the legislature party on Friday morning.
The Speaker had given the advice after a group of AAP MLAs met him and the SAD legislature party leader wrote to him.
According to the Covid-19 protocol, all contacts of positive persons have to quarantine themselves for 14 days.
30 MLAs ARE COVID POSITIVE
Of the 30 MLAs who have tested positive so far, 20 are from the Congress, six from SAD and four from AAP, including a party rebel. Of them, seven have recovered.
The monsoon session, which is truncated, will be a dull affair if most opposition members stay away. According to the list of official business, the proceedings will start with obituary references and followed by legislative business and laying of papers.
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