The budget session of the Sindh Assembly was disrupted on Tuesday due to a dispute on the floor of the House between the opposition’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and MPs of the ruling Pakistan People’s Party, causing disruption in the House. Proceeding.
The situation took an unpleasant turn after Acting Speaker Rehana Leghari allowed Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah to present the budget for the year 2022-23, while PTI members raised slogans against the government and termed the budget as the budget. gathered in front of “imported”.
Kulsoom Chandio of PPP and Dua Bhutto of PTI were physically injured as they were seen pushing each other before being separated by fellow MPs.
House resonated with slogans “Imported Government for Approval” (Imported Govt is unacceptable) by PTI members.
However, the provincial chief executive ignored the noisy protests and continued to read out his budget speech as he presented a tax-free budget of Rs 1.714 trillion for the fiscal year 2022-23. Application,
Meanwhile, lawmakers from the Muttahida Quami Movement-Pakistan and the Grand Democratic Alliance distanced themselves from the PTI-led protest.
Repeated warnings given by the acting Speaker to the protesting MPs went unheeded and the Chief Minister’s entire speech went unnoticed. Leghari also warned of disciplinary action against Dua Bhutto for using his mobile phone during the proceedings, but in vain.
“The use of mobile phones is not allowed in the house. I warn you guys not to use your phone here.
The tussle between the two sides escalated when PPP members, including Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon, MPs Imdad Pitafi and Mumtaz Jakhrani, asked the PTI MPs to step down from the chief minister’s seat.
In an attempt to remove the PTI members from the Treasury Bench, Jakhrani tore some placards of the PTI MLAs and threw them on the opposition benches.
As the tussle between the two sides continued, PPP’s Jakhrani and PTI’s Shahnawaz Jadu also threw budget books at each other, forcing other MLAs to sever the accused MPA.
Women MPs from opposition parties also courted controversy after the session was adjourned after the PPP’s Kulsoom Chandyo attempted to snatch a mobile phone from PTI’s Dua Bhutto for filming the protest.
Later, TV footage confirmed that PPP MLAs Kulsoom Chandio and Munavvar Vasan forcibly took calls from the PTI MLA.
Later, PTI MPs approached a nearby police station to register an FIR against Bhutto’s alleged snatching of cellphone. However, no case was registered as PTI MPs claimed that the SHO was not present at the police station.
Chandio claimed in a video message hours after the session that his mobile phone was actually snatched by PTI members after the session was adjourned.