Team Herald
PORVORIM: Town and Country Planning (TCP) Minister Vishwajit Rane on Friday told the Legislative Assembly that he will not provide answers to some of the legislative assembly questions (LAQs) pertaining to the TCP Department since the matters were
sub-judice.
As soon as Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar took out question-hour session, Rane pointed out that the legislative assembly rules give him the leeway to deny answering questions under such circumstance. He said that he will not provide answers to two starred questions and five unstarred
questions.
To this, Leader of the Opposition Yuri Alemao suggested that these LAQs be postponed but the House did not entertain his request.
Yuri also requested the Minister to give reply to question stating that the matter is subjudice and brought out to the notice of the House that other Ministers may too skip the LAQs citing court matters. He also urged the Speaker to give a ruling.