Political movement in MP / Governor’s letter to the speaker – Concern of the alleged missing MLAs is laudable, but the responsibility of security is executive
Bhopal. In the political drama of saving and toppling the government in Madhya Pradesh, politics has also got heated due to the letter war. On Tuesday evening, Speaker NP Prajapati wrote a letter to Governor Lalji expressing concern over the safety of MLAs, the Governor also replied to the letter in a few hours. Not only did he raise questions on the points of the letter, he taunted the speaker about the safety of the MLAs. Said- The work of security is of the executive. It seems that this letter was sent to me by mistake. Earlier, questions were also asked between the Governor and the Chief Minister in a letter to the floor test. The Governor and the Chief Minister have written to each other twice.
Dear Mr. Prajapati ji,
“I appreciate your concern regarding the safety of the members due to their absence.” I am also aware of the pain you must have been going through for 8-10 days. However, these days the efforts made by you with regard to obtaining the information of the members are not mentioned in the letter, yet I know that you must have made due efforts. As far as the resignation of members is concerned, I commend you for accepting the resignation of 6 out of 22 members. This is a fair, courageous and prompt resolution. The governor said- you have expected me to answer some questions. The above requirement will certainly be under any rules and you have observed it. Please, bother sending me the relevant manual. You and I are constantly receiving letters from the alleged missing MLAs. He did not express any problem on his part in any of his letters, wherever he currently is. His letters and videos are in the media. Now they have reached the Supreme Court. You have demanded protection of the MLAs in the letter. The executive is responsible for the safety of all the citizens of the state and you would want protection from that, but this letter seems to have been sent to me by mistake. I will be happy that I can somehow solve your present worries and troubles. “
Yours faithfully
Lalji Tandon
Worried for legislators, remove fear: Governor to Speaker
Assembly Speaker Prajapati wrote a letter to Governor Tandon, “I have received resignations of 16 MLAs through others. The MLAs were asked to appear in person as per the rules of the House, but none of them followed it. Resignations are under consideration. The relatives of some of them have expressed concern about their safety. I am concerned for those MLAs and request you to take some concrete steps to allay our fears. “
The speaker also raised questions in his letter
If these resignations were to have been submitted voluntarily, would not the family members of the MLA concerned, close relatives or their working colleagues?
Is this clearly not a violation of the rights of freedom conferred in the Fundamental Rights of the Constitution?
Like other politicians of the state, they are voluntarily giving statements in front of the press fearlessly in a free environment?
Two letters written to Governor’s Kamal Nath are in discussion
The first letter of the Governor was written on 14 March, in which the government was asked to test the floor. On 16 March, he wrote the second letter when the floor test was not conducted in the assembly. In this letter, the governor expressed his displeasure at the government, saying, “If the floor is not floated at 17, it will be presumed that the government is in a minority”. When the Governor’s displeasure became public, the Chief Minister met and issued the letter.
This is how the letter war went
March 16 at 10 am: Kamal Nath told the governor – interfering with the work of the speaker is not in the jurisdiction of the governor
Kamal Nath said- “In 40 years of political life I have always followed the limits, I am saddened by your letter of March 16, in which you accused me of not following the norms. I had no such intention. However, if you feel like this, I regret it. A majority test will take place only when the legislators are free from pressure. You have assumed in a letter to me on 14 March that my government has lost majority. From this it appears that you believed this based on the information received from the BJP. I have been expected to talk about the functioning of the Legislative Assembly, whereas all this is the prerogative of the Speaker. It is not within the jurisdiction of the Governor to interfere in their work. The Legislative Assembly does not work under the Governor. Overall, the Governor cannot act like the Lokpal of the Legislative Assembly. “
March 16 at 5 pm: Governor told Kamal Nath – Regret! You ignored the floor test
The Governor wrote in the letter – “Your letter was received in response to my letter written on 14 March. Sorry, the expression / language of your letter is not compatible with parliamentary norms. I wrote on March 16 to get a vote of confidence. The session commenced on Monday, but the trust vote did not begin. The Supreme Court’s decision cited in the letter does not apply to the current circumstances. It is a pity that instead of proving majority in the time period given by me, you have written / expressed your inability to conduct floor test in the Assembly by writing a letter, which has no justification and basis. The reasons you have given for not conducting the floor test are baseless and meaningless. Respecting the constitutional and democratic beliefs, get a flyer test done in the assembly by 17 March and prove a majority. Otherwise it would be assumed that you do not actually have a majority in the assembly. “
March 17 at 11 am: Kamal Nath told the governor – let the captive MLAs be free
In the second letter written in 13 hours by Kamal Nath said, “You have assumed that my government has lost majority. From this it appears that you have believed this on the basis of information received from BJP. The BJP has held 16 Congress MLAs hostage. BJP leaders are putting pressure on these MLAs to get statements from them. Detainee MLAs of the state become independent
