After the adjournment, BJP MLAs staged a sit-in inside the well of the House.
Jaipur:
Opposition BJP members protested in the Rajasthan Assembly on Friday soon after Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot started presenting the much-awaited state budget, alleging that he was reading from the old budget. BJP further said the budget has technically leaked, as state government officials rushed to get the budget copy. Nobody else but the Chief Minister should bring the budget copy, but this one went through four-five hands, the opposition party said, demanding the Chief Minister bring a new budget.
Mr Gehlot read out excerpts from the previous budget, on urban employment and krishi budget, instead of Budget 2023-24. As soon as he made the first two announcements, which featured in Budget 2022-23, the Opposition began creating a ruckus and rushed into the well of the House.
BJP leader and former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje said that a Chief Minister coming to the Assembly without reading or checking the budget he is going to present shows how he is governing his state. “Such a state will definitely suffer,” she said.
Speaker CP Joshi asked them to maintain order, but the Opposition continued its uproar, leading to the House being adjourned for half-an-hour.
After the adjournment, BJP MLAs staged a sit-in inside the well of the House. The Speaker asked the House to expunge the proceedings.
