Arunachal Pradesh Assembly sees day-long drama

Congress, BJP MLAs join hands, impeach Speaker

In an unprecedented development, the Winter Session of the Arunachal Pradesh Assembly was conducted at a makeshift premises at Techi Takar Community Hall at Itanagar where 33 legislators of the 60-member Arunachal Pradesh Assembly passed a unanimous resolution for the impeachment of Speaker Nabam Rebia.

The Winter Session of the Assembly was shifted to a new location after the formal permission of Arunachal Pradesh governor J.P. Rajkhowa.

Earlier, in a dramatic development, the Speaker, Nabam Rebia, directed a magistrate to lock the Assembly premises.

The 33 legislators who arrived to attend the Winter Session were not allowed to enter the Assembly premises. The angry legislators approached the governor who granted them permission to hold the session at a makeshift premises.

Deputy speaker T.N. Thondok, who was asked to chair the Winter Session following the impeachment motion against the Speaker, selected a community hall to conduct the proceedings of the House which was videographed in the presence of media.

Leader of the Opposition Tamiyo Taga moved the impeachment resolution against the Speaker which was adopted unanimously by 33 legislators.