Bhopal, June 15, 2012 (HMNS): The Congress
has said that the proposed daylong fast of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan
and his Cabinet colleagues on June 15 is unconstitutional. Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee
spokesman JP Dhanopia in a statement here on Thursday said, “The ruling
Bharatiya Janata Party’s announcement to hold an agitation on June 15 against
the Union Government in which Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and his
Cabinet colleagues would also participate is unconstitutional.”
Dhanopia said that if those
holding constitutional posts after taking oath of safeguarding the Constitution
would not work on a day, then the principle of no work no salary must surely
apply to them. This is because the Chief Minister and Ministers fall in the
category of public servants.
He said that, as there would be
no Government in the State on June 15 and the Chief Minister and his Ministers
would be on agitation, the Chief Secretary of the State should ensure that the
salary of that day is not disbursed.
The Chief Secretary should also
ensure that on the day of agitation, the Chief Minister and his Ministers
should not avail the benefit of Government facilities they enjoy and no
Government employee should work for them on the agitation day, he added.
The Congress spokesman said that
if the Chief Minister believes in morality, he should not take part in the
agitation of the BJP because he has taken the oath of the Constitution for
serving the State. If he participates in the agitation, he and his Ministers
should not accept salary for that day and should also not avail other
Government benefits for the day.
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