Cong forged signatures of its MLAs at voting on bill: BJP
A couple of days after two BJP MLAs voted in favour of the Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh, the saffron party on Sunday accused the ruling Congress of forging the signatures of 8 to 12 legislators during voting on a bill, although they were not present in the Assembly.
The BJP is now preparing to lodge a complaint with the Governor to verify the signatures of the Congress MLAs who participated in the voting on the Criminal Law (Madhya Pradesh Amendment) Bill.
Notably, on July 24, two BJP MLAs Sharad Kol (Beohari) and Narayan Tripathi (Maihar) had backed the seven-month-old Nath government during voting on the Criminal Law (Madhya Pradesh Amendment) Bill, 2019, in the Assembly.
Leader of the Opposition in MP Assembly Gopal Bhargava said, “We have come to know that some 8 to 12 Congress MLAs were not present when the Criminal Law (Madhya Pradesh Amendment) Bill was put to vote on Wednesday.” “Right now, we are studying the powers of the governor so that we can petition him with the request to verify the signatures of the Congress MLAs who participated in the voting,” he said. “We suspect that their (8 to 12 Congress legislators) signatures were forged,” he said, adding that the voting procedure was not video-graphed. “We have learnt that 8 to 12 Congress members were not present in the House. So how come they got 122 votes?” he asked.
