As the House assembled for the day’s business, Congress legislators disrupted the Question Hour and raised the issue of the ED’s raid.They claimed that those questioning the alleged corruption in the government were being targeted using the central agency. Congress members, including former minister Umesh Patel, started raising slogans against the ruling BJP and claimed the democracy was being “murdered”.Speaker Raman Singh asked members of the main opposition party to raise their issues in the Zero Hour, citing the importance of Question Hour, but the Congress legislators continued shouting slogans.The Congress MLAs trooped into the well of the House while shouting slogans, and were automatically suspended, as per the assembly rules.Bhupesh Baghel was not present in the House.The speaker announced the suspension of various Congress members and asked them to go outside the House. However, Congress members remained in the well and continued to raise slogans against the ruling party. They later left the House.
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