The Congress members also demanded resignation of Chief Minister Raman Singh on the issue. As many as 29 Congress MLAs were suspended after they trooped into the Wellof the House seeking a discussion on the issue.
Soon after the Question Hour, senior Congress MLAs, including party chief Bhupesh Baghel, Satyanarayan Sharma and Dhanendra Sahu, alleged that the chief minister and his officials, during a visit to Australia last month, had invited Australian mining major Rio Tinto for mining exploration in the state.
Congress members further accused the ruling BJP of looting the state in the name of investments in the industrial sector and sought a discussion on it by moving an adjournment motion notice.
Speaker Gaurishankar Agrawal rejected their demand saying the nature of the motion is superficial and it cannot be accepted.
The speaker said the adjournment motion should be on a fresh issue, which needs immediate attention of the government, following which Congress members started shouting slogans.
When the proceedings resumed, Baghel again sought a discussion on the topic accusing the government of trying to loot the natural resources of the state in the name of investments.
"The chief minister should answer why he had invited a company which had a bad track record. The CM should resign," Baghel said.
As the speaker took up the listed business for the day despite slogan-shouting by the Congress MLAs, agitated members rushed to the Well of the House and were automatically suspended as per the assembly rules.
Congress legislators sat on the floor of the Well and continued to raise slogans.
Later, while talking to reporters on the Assembly premises, CM Raman Singh said Congress has been levelling "baseless and hypothetical charges" as they don't have any other issue left to raise in the House.
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