The officiating Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Madan Kaushik, accused the members of Congress party of not taking the assembly proceedings seriously. Talking to media persons after the house was adjourned sine die, Kaushik said that the cabinet had decided to hold the special session of Vidhan Sabha for two days but after the demand raised by the members of congress party which included the Leader of Opposition (LoP) Indira Hridayesh, Pritam Singh and Govind Singh Kunjwal, the government accepted for a three day session. “The Congress leaders wanted more time as they claimed that many issues of public interests are required to be raised in the session. We accepted their demand,’’ he said.

Launching an attack on the Congress party, Kaushik said that Congress members placed very few questions during the session and remained non serious. Terming the demand of the Congress legislatures  on the last day of the session for discussion on the sting CD involving an OSD of chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat as absurd, the Kaushik said that he had told the Congress MLA categorically that the issue which is sub judice can not be discussed in the assembly. “ I showed them the rule book but they remained adamant. It appeared that their only objective was to create ruckus and ensure a place in newspaper headlines,’’ the minister quipped. Kaushik was however appreciative of the LoP, Indira Hridayesh and said that she understood the situation and wanted that the house should function but the members of her own party took no notice of her advice.