As soon as the House assembled, four Congress MLAs led by Nawang Rigzin Jora sought to know from Speaker Kavinder Gupta as to why the private members' bill seeking reservation in promotions in government jobs was not in the list of business.
The Speaker told them the bill had been dropped since the matter was pending before court.
After disrupting the proceedings for nearly 15 minutes, they walked out of the house.
Meanwhile, Langate MLA Rashid also protested against the non-inclusion of his bill seeking revocation of ban on beef in the state.
"If consuming liquor is a matter of choice as said by the Finance Minister, then why should not consuming beef be a matter of choice?" the controversial MLA, who threw a beef party last year to defy the ban, asked.
With the Speaker ignoring his protest, Rashid too walked out.
"The bill was introduced in the last session and government managed to buy time and ensured that it does not come up for the discussion," he said, adding it was a constitutional requirement that the bill had to be taken up for discussion and voted upon in topmost priority in the next session.
However, the bill did not figure in the list of business today.
Rashid said the Speaker had "bypassed norms, misused his position and damaged his own integrity and credibility of the House".
"If BJP-PDP coalition has decided to implement RSS agenda in state, it could have defeated the bill on the floor of the House rather murdering the spirit of democracy," he said.
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