The Haryana Vidhan Sabha’s monsoon session began on Monday afternoon with members paying tributes to Tauru DSP Surender Singh, who was killed by the mining mafia in Nuh district when a dumper truck he signalled to stop ran him over on July 19.
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar led the House in placing on record its “deep sense of sorrow†on the untimely demise of the DSP, who was mowed down by the truck he signalled to stop during a raid to check illegal mining in the Aravallis in Nuh district’s Tauru. The House also paid tributes to 22 soldiers of Haryana who died in the line of duty over the past four months. The House also remembered former MLAs Dr Krishna Pandit, Hari Chand Hooda and Ram Kumar Saini, who passed away recently. Vidhan Sabha Speaker Gian Chand Gupta read out the obituary resolutions and paid tributes to the departed souls. Leader of the Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda also read out the obituary resolutions on behalf of his party.`
Amount of electricity bills of Govt depts will automatically be sent to departments concerned
Khattar said that from now onwards the amount of electricity bills of the government departments will automatically be sent to the departments. For this, the provision will be made in the State Budget and funds will be provided to the departments in the month of April itself. The Chief Minister said this while replying to a question raised by MLA Bharat Bhushan Batra during the question hour. Khattar said that many times complaints regarding the pendency of electricity bills of some government departments are received, hence to resolve these problems a provision will be made in the State Budget itself and the consolidated amount of annual electricity bills of government departments will be sent to the departments.
Rs 5 crore to an MLA once in tenure of 5 years and not every year
Replying to another question, the Chief Minister said that in the year 2014-15 an announcement was made regarding the allocation of Rs. 5 crores to the MLAs for carrying out development works in their respective constituencies during their five years tenure. However, some MLAs raise questions in the House that they have not received an annual amount of Rs. 5 crores, said Khattar. The Chief Minister clarified that an amount of Rs 5 crore would be given to an MLA once in a tenure of 5 years and not every year.
Haryana Cong MLAs stage brief walkout after adjournment motion on law and order issue not allowed
Haryana Congress MLAs on Monday staged a brief walkout from the assembly after the Speaker did not allow an adjournment motion on law and order issues, including threat calls to some legislators. The Speaker said he had admitted a Calling Attention Motion on law and order and recent threats to some of the state's MLAs. The Congress legislators demanded that the Speaker should allow the adjournment motion to discuss law and order issues and threats received by some MLAs. Senior Congress leader Raghuvir Singh Kadian said that his party members had submitted the motion. Later, Congress members staged a second walkout from the House when Home Minister Anil Vij cited comparative figures to indicate cases of murder, rape, kidnapping, dacoity and attempt to murder were higher during the previous Congress regime from 2005 to 2014 than under the present BJP-led dispensation.
