Amid uproar, the Madhya Pradesh assembly was on Wednesday adjourned for the day as senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh demanded immediate discussion on an adjournment notice on the
'attack' on former chief minister Uma Bharti and sought to know whether the Speaker had powers to delay debate on it.
During zero hour, Singh's poser led to a stand-off between Speaker Ishwardas Rohani and the opposition Congress with both sides flaunting rule books in support of their stand.
While pressing for immediate debate on the notice 'moved well in time before commencement of the sitting,' Singh said the issue should be debated urgently as Bharti had reported a threat to her life three days before the attack during polling for the assembly by-election in Malehra constituency in Chhatarpur district.
Though the Speaker initially ruled that the adjournment notice will be considered only after hearing the view of the government, which had been informed of the matter. When the house reassembled after half an hour adjournment, he said debate on the admissibility of the notice