Bengaluru, Jan. 22: Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot initially addressed the joint session of the Legislative Assembly and the Councils at the Vidhan Soudha today. However, he cut short his speech to just a few sentences and walked out of the House. It is usually the practice for the Governor to read the speech prepared by the ruling party's cabinet in full. However, in the speech prepared by the state government, objections were expressed against the recent change of the Manrega scheme by the Central government to the G Ram Ji scheme. There was a demand to re-implement the previous scheme. Also, objections were expressed about the discrimination of the Center in the release of funds and not releasing money for some of the state's projects. When the Governor, who works under the Central government, limited this speech prepared by the government to a few words and left, Congress members shouted slogans against him. When Congress MLC Hariprasad tried to stop the Governor from leaving, the police cleared the way. Also, a scuffle broke out between some BJP MLAs and Hariprasad. BJP members defended the Governor's action and shouted slogans. While Congress members alleged that the Governor left the meeting before the national anthem, BJP members alleged that the Congress members acted unconstitutionally to remove the Governor from his post. There was a ruckus in the House for some time. Amidst such commotion that it was not clear who was doing what, the situation was slowly cleared up with the intervention of the police.
Excerpt from the Governor's speech
Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot, who came to the session, finished his speech in the third row and left the session. The Governor, who refused to read the state government's speech, spoke in just three rows and left.
A fragment of his speech is as follows: “CM, Speaker, welcome to the joint session of all members, my government is committed to the economic, social and intellectual development of the state. My government is committed to doubling the economic, social and intellectual development of the state. Jai Hind, Jai Karnataka” The Governor left the house after saying this. After the Governor left the house, the house reconvened. Speaker U.T. Khader recited the preamble to the Constitution. He then said that he would take up a condolence resolution for the departed dignitaries. The house expressed its condolences. Meanwhile, a pro-opposition argument erupted between the ruling and opposition parties over Governor Gehlot’s behavior today.
Chief Minister's response
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah reacted to the Governor's behavior today: - "The Governor has acted like a puppet of the Central government, it is a clear violation of the Constitution, we will review and go to the Supreme Court"
Governor Gehlot has refused to speak, saying that he will not address the joint session of the Legislative Assembly unless the paragraphs of the speech prepared by the Congress government containing criticisms against the Modi government at the Center are dropped.
The Governor did not read the government's speech, but a sentence of his own speech. This is an insult to the representative assembly," CM Siddaramaiah said.
"Instead of speaking the speech prepared by the Cabinet, he made a speech prepared by himself, which clearly violates Articles 176 and 163 of the Indian Constitution. We will protest against the Governor's behavior," Siddaramaiah said.
Congress has conducted this session in a dark manner, Opposition Leader R Ashok said. He said that the Governor has been insulted. He said that they have written to take action against those who showed disrespect in the House.
Meanwhile, if the Congress is outraged that the Governor did not read the entire speech, the BJP has lashed out at the Congress for showing disrespect to the Governor. It has also complained to the Speaker and demanded action against those who showed disrespect to the Governor.
While the BJP MLAs demanded legal action against those who insulted the Governor while addressing the joint session after giving a speech and leaving, the ruling Congress party members accused the Governor of showing disrespect to the national anthem in the Assembly.
Main background
The main background of all these developments is this: - The Man Rega kichu, which had been smoldering for the last two days, exploded in the joint session today. There had been a tug-of-war between the state government and the Governor since morning, that's all. The Central Government has changed the MNREGA scheme and re-designed it as 'G Ram Ji' scheme, which has angered the State Government. The State Government had called a special session to oppose this, so the Governor's speech was there in the session, but the Governor did not read the speech and walked out of the House saying "Don't Care" to the State Government. There was a lot of "hydra" in the House. It has now been revealed that the State Government has changed the name of the Central Government scheme in the Governor's speech prepared by the Government.
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