Rajasthan Assembly apology game finally end

The three day long apology drama finally end yesterday in the assembly with Leader of Opposition Vasundhara Raje taking the lead to broker a truce. The proceedings had been stalled overome derogatory remarks made in the House. Assembly House opened with blame game on Thursday with both Congress and BJP MLAs trading charges and raising slogans. This forced Speaker Deependra Singh Shekhawat to adjourn the House within a few minutes. As the uproar continued, the House was adjourned for the second time almost immediately after the proceedings began again.

The House resumed again at 1:11 pm when Raje volunteered to read out her statement on the BJP’s decision to cooperate. However, as soon as she began to read her statement, Congress MLAs raised slogans against her and demanded an apology. Raje’s statement was tabled and the house adjourned in the next couple of minutes. “The ball is in their court. The BJP has agreed to cooperate to conduct the proceedings unconditionally. We do not want anybody’s apology. Swallowing an insult, I have taken this decision,” Raje told a press conference, soon after the third adjournment. While CM Ashok gehlot said “I don’t think any member of this House did anything deliberately. At times, things do go out of hand and MLAs make statements they don’t mean to. Keeping in mind that we are not leading a good example for the future, we have to ensure such things never happen again.”