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Rajasthan Assembly Adjourned Until Wednesday After Opening-Day Uproar

The BJP government has mapped a tight floor strategy featuring a revised anti-conversion proposal.

Overview

  • Congress MLAs arrived in protest T-shirts reading “Vote chor, gaddi chhod” and shouted slogans alleging vote theft, prompting counter-slogans from BJP members.
  • Speaker Vasudev Devnani urged decorum, then adjourned the House until Wednesday, with Tuesday declared a holiday for Ramdev Jayanti.
  • Only limited business was conducted before the adjournment, including obituary references, the tabling of a bill, and the Select Committee report on the Coaching Centre Regulation Bill.
  • The Speaker announced the Anta (Baran) seat had fallen vacant following the conviction of BJP MLA Kanwar Lal Meena.
  • Before the session opened, Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma told BJP legislators to ensure full attendance and support government legislation, with the sitting expected to run about 10–12 days.