INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Image for RepresentationThe three-day session of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly scheduled to start from September 21 will now be over in one
day due to the coronavirus pandemic."The decision has been taken keeping the coronavirus outbreak in mind
Already 40 MLAs have tested positive while one MLA of the opposition Congress party, Govardhan Dangi passed away at a Gurugram hospital
yesterday," Pro tem speaker of Vidhan Sabha Rameshwar Sharma told India Today TV."The decision takens arrived at an all-party meeting and
everyone was of the view that minimum interaction should be allowed as Madhya Pradesh touches one lakh corona positive cases
It was decided that only a minimum number of MLAs - the number required for completing the quoram - would be allowed inside the Vidhan Sabha
during its one-day session," Sharma while elaborating on the deciaion said.While the Assembly session has been curtailed to one day, leaders
of both the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress continue to campaign for the crucial by-elections that are now due in 28 assembly
seats.Huge crowds, often disregarding Covid SOPs and social distancing norms, have been seen during this campaign for the by-elections and
the government in most cases have either ignored or responded by tokenism by booking minor cases here and there but no concrete action has
been taken.By-elections in the state are now two be held in 28 assembly seats
Elections to three seats have been necessitated owing to the deaths of sitting MLAs
Of the three MLAs who died while in office two belonged to the Congress while one belonged to the BJP.The remaining 25 vacant seats, 22 fell
vacant when the Kamal Nath government was brought down by Jyotiraditya Scindia with assistance from the BJP in March this year.22 MLAs
including six ministers in a dramatic turn of events had quit their membership of the house and joined the BJP to bypass the anti-defection
law.Three more MLA belonging to the Congress had quit from the party and the house after the Shivraj Singh government was formed
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