By Jag Mohan Thaken
Rajasthan, March 5: On the issue of inauguration of Rajasthan Constitution Club built in Jaipur, why the congress
has erupted a row? On Tuesday, speaking in the Assembly, Speaker Vasudev Devnani informed and invited the MLAs for the inauguration by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla at 11 am on March 8. He said the Constitution Club built in Jaipur will be officially inaugurated by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on March 8 at 11 am. Here in this club, which has been built on the lines of the Constitution Club of Delhi, MLAs can get a convenient place for study, discussions and meetings.
However, the club had been already inaugurated during congress rule in the state by the then Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on 22 September 2023, but as the power of state has come in the hands of BJP, hence the new government is inaugurating it again.
Congress has raised questions and objections over the second time inauguration of the club and alleged that the entire politics of BJP has become limited to ‘credit and conspiracy’.
Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee President (RPCC), Govind Singh Dotasra, on his tweeter, slamming the BJP government stated, “The BJP government only wants to take credit by inaugurating the Constitution Club, which was completed during the previous Congress government, ‘again’ and calling it the alleged inauguration, which is a wrong tradition.”
Dotasara added, “While the people of Rajasthan know that the Constitution Club of the Assembly was constructed during the Congress government. On 22 September 2023, the Constitution Club was inaugurated by the then Chief Minister Shri Ashok Gehlot in the presence of Assembly Speaker Dr. CP Joshi and Leader of Opposition Shri Rajendra Rathore, which is mentioned on the stone plaque. But after the change of power, the BJP government kept the Constitution Club closed till now so that it could take credit by calling its ‘re-inauguration’ as the so-called inauguration.”
Dotasara, objecting the re-inauguration, said, “The executive committee constituted for the club has the right to take any decision related to the Constitution Club, but the decision of the inauguration of the club by the Speaker of the Assembly in the House is completely inappropriate and against the rules. Before taking the decision, the speaker of the assembly neither called a meeting of the executive committee nor took the opinion of the members to build a consensus.”
RPCC President Dotasara further added, “The speaker of the assembly does not belong to any party. Under the pressure of the government, questions are being raised again and again about his decisions and role.”
Attacking the Speaker Devnani, Congress leader Dotasara alleged that not providing protection to the opposition in the house many times, not asking for an apology from the minister who insulted former Prime Minister late Indira Gandhi, making political comments on a member elected by the people and sending a privilege violation proposal directly to the committee to suppress the voice of a public representative, shows his inclination towards the government and is like mocking the dignity of the constitutional post. It is not appropriate for a person sitting on a constitutional post to become a part of politics.
