There was an uproar when Gudha raised the issue of a red diary, claiming it contained evidence of irregular financial transactions.
Reacting sharply, the Congress MLAs heckled him while he remained adamant on making the statement.
amidst the uproar, BJP MLA Madan Dilawar The assembly was also suspended for the remaining duration of the session. The situation worsened when opposition BJP MLAs also joined in and created chaos in the House, even creating ruckus in the middle of the House red diary issue,
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Sacked minister Rajendra Gudha says, “If I had not caught ‘Red Diary’, CM Gehlot would have been in jail”.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal moved a resolution suspending both Gudha and Dilawar for their “unruly behaviour”, which was later approved by the House.
Dhariwal highlighted that Gudha had attempted to misbehave with him, and that if the marshals had not intervened in time, a critical incident could have happened.
He said that Gudha’s behavior was extremely shameful and unparliamentary.
As for Dilawar, Dhariwal said, he had moved towards him and was planning to attack him.
Earlier in the morning, when Gudha entered the House, he reached near Speaker CP Joshi’s chair and while waving a red diary demanded that he be allowed to make a statement.
Assembly Speaker Joshi took strong objection to Gudha’s behavior and repeatedly asked him to meet in his chamber.
Meanwhile, BJP MLAs created ruckus and waved ‘symbolic’ red diaries.
As soon as Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dhariwal got up to make a statement, Gudha advanced aggressively towards him and slapped his microphone. Congress MLA Rafiq Khan immediately pushed Gudha, then Minister Ramlal Jat and other Congress MLAs also came forward and surrounded Gudha. He was seen jostling with them.
As the unruly scenes continued, the Speaker ordered the marshals to escort Gudha out of the House. After this, he adjourned the proceedings of the House.
The House resumed at 2 pm and Speaker Joshi began the listed business.
The opposition members created ruckus again and came to the Well of the House. Although Gudha was not present in the House this time.
Amid the uproar, the House passed the Kota Development Authority Bill, 2023, the Udaipur Development Authority Bill 2023, the Gandhi Vatika Trust Jaipur Bill and the Rajasthan Platform-based Gig Workers (Registration and Welfare) Bill, 2023.
After the passage of the bill, the speaker again adjourned the proceedings of the House for an hour.
Earlier, during the Zero Hour, Leader of Opposition Rajendra Rathore raised the issue of red diary and sought an answer from the government.
Before the House began in the morning, Gudha told reporters that he would “reveal” the details about a “red diary” in the Assembly. He said there are some “secrets” in the diary.
Later, after the House was adjourned, Gudha told reporters in the Assembly building that he wanted to make a statement on the “Lal Diary” but the Speaker did not allow it.
He said, “Shanti Dhariwal stood up to speak and I went to him and said I wanted to make a statement in the House, but Congress MLAs pushed me to the ground and coerced me. Some of them, including Dhariwal, kicked me and snatched the diary from me. However, some part of the diary was still left with me.”
Gudha said he would go among the people on Tuesday and reveal the ‘secret’ contained in the diary.
The sacked minister claimed that the diary was “secured” by him during an Income Tax raid at the residence of RTDC chairman Dharmendra Rathod.
He alleged that Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had asked him to go to Rathod’s residence to secure the diary during the raid.
Gudha claimed that the diary allegedly written by Rathod contains details of money given to MLAs and names Ashok Gehlot as well as his son Vaibhav Gehlot.
BJP leader and Leader of Opposition Rajendra Rathore told reporters that what happened in the House is shameful.
“Gudha wanted to make a statement and should have been allowed,” he said.
Gudha, who held charge as Minister of State for Sainik Welfare (Independent Charge), Home Guards and Civil Defence, Panchayati Raj and Rural Development, was sacked on Friday evening, hours after he cornered the state government in the Assembly over the law and order situation and women’s safety.
Speaking to reporters in the national capital, BJP leader and Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat claimed that the political existence of many leaders would be in danger if the contents of the diary exposed by Gudha came out.
He accused the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government in Rajasthan of “breaking all records of corruption”.
“Everyone in Rajasthan wants to know the secret of the Red Diary. Why is the government and its leaders so nervous about it?” Shekhawat said.
(With inputs from PTI)