The motion was defeated following division of votes. At the end of a marathon six-hour discussion on the motion, Speaker Gian Chand Gupta announced in the House that 55 members had voted against the motion while 32 legislators had backed it. In place of secret voting, which former chief minister B S Hooda had earlier demanded in the House, the Speaker first asked the members favouring the motion to rise from their seats and those against it were asked to stand. A headcount was done later. The 55 members who voted against the motion included 39 from the BJP, 10 of ally Jannayak Janta Party, five Independents and Gopal Kanda from Haryana Lokhit Party.
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Bhartesh Singh Thakur
Chandigarh, March 9
The Legal Remembrancer (LR) informed Chief Minister that under Rule 36 of Rules of Business, Government of Haryana, the Assembly is competent to enact the Congress’ private member bill on Haryana Agricultural Produce Markets (Haryana Amendment) Bill, 2021 which intends to guarantee MSP to farmers.
LR reasoned, in its letter dated February 17, “The subject matter of the proposed legislation is relatable to entry 14 of the State List in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India, and the State Legislature is, therefore, competent to enact the proposed measure. It is not a Money Bill.”
Under Rule 36, the LR added, that “It would be necessary to embark upon legislation as the purpose in view cannot be achieved otherwise, and It will be necessary to reserve the Bill for the consideration of the President of India after it being passed by the State Legislature as required under the provisions of Article 254 (2) of th