2 MLAs wear lsquoNamo Againrsquo sweatshirts to HP assembly told to not wear them

Shimla | Thursday | 7th February, 2019

Summary:

He said the MLAs had entered the House with a political agenda and yhis was not right. Shimla: Two BJP MLAs wore sweatshirts with ‘Namo Again’ written on them to Himachal Pradesh state assembly’s budget session on Wednesday, but were told to not to wear such clothes again by assembly speaker Rajeev Bindal after Congress objected to it.Leader of opposition Mukesh Agnihotri objected to the MLAs wearing the sweatshirts, saying that it was against parliamentary traditions. Interacting with media persons outside the House, Agnihotri said “Namo Again” was BJP’s agenda for poll campaign and House rules made it clear that no one could wear clothes indicative of a poll campaign . After more Congress legislators raised the issue, speaker Rajeev Bindal directed BJP MLAs Surinder Shourie and Vinod Kumar not to wear such clothes again.He directed them to respect the sanctity of House. He said the Congress had no issues against the BJP government in Himachal Pradesh and that was why it was trying to make the sweatshirts an issue..