Congress stages walkout during Question Hour

While Bokhiria was giving a detailed reply to the question, Congress MLA from Shahpur area of Ahmedabad city, Gyasuddin Shaikh, raised the issue that the minister was prolonging his answer to avoid discussion on question number 8 that was asked by the former about the law and order situation in Ahmedabad city in the house.

This was followed by a round of heated arguments between Congress MLAs and the ruling benches. The Congress MLAs were alleging that the BJP minister was prolonging the answer so that the government could escape the embarrassment of discussion on law and order situation in Ahmedabad city since a few minutes were only left in the Question Hour. When Bokhiria continued his reply to the question on livestock, Leader of Opposition Shankersinh Vaghela led his party’s walkout.

Shaikh asked question number 8 in which he had sought details on the number of cases of murder, robbery, rape, theft and kidnapping had been reported in Ahmedabad city in last one year till December 31, 2014. He also asked that how many of these cases were detected and how many accused were arrested. According to the official reply by the Home Minister, there were 82 murders, 260 robberies, 18 loot, 100 rapes, 2,589 thefts and 366 kidnapping reported in Ahmedabad last year. Out of those, 78 murder cases, 181 robberies, 16 loots, 100 rapes, 1,068 thefts and 327 kidnappings were detected.