Cong walks out of MP Assembly in protest against transport scam

Demanding a fair investigation and stringent action on all those involved in the transport scam, the opposition Congress MLAs staged a protest in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly on Thursday.

- STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE

Wearing black aprons, with skeletons drawn on them, and holding symbolic gold bricks, the opposition MLAs led by Assembly Leader of Opposition Umang Singhar gathered under the statue of Mahatma Gandhi inside the Assembly premises, and raised slogans on the fourth day of the ongoing budget session.

The Congress MLAs also held placards in their hands that had the names of former State Transport Department constable Saurabh Sharma and former Transport Minister Govind Singh Rajput.

Singhar alleged that the BJP state government is trying to shield the big fish and only taking action against the small players involved in the scam. He charged that the scam is one of the biggest scams of the state.