Former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh Kamal Nath has submitted a breach of privilege notice against some health officials, alleging they gave misleading information about the covid-19 infection among employees of the state Assembly to postpone its winter session.

 The notice, signed by MP Congress president Kamal Nath and party MLAs Sajjan Singh Verma, Dr Govind Singh and P C Sharma, was submitted to the office of the state Assembly speaker on Saturday.

The state Assembly's three-day winter session, which was originally planned to start on December 28 last year, was postponed in view of the "Covid-19 situation" following a last minute all party meeting. The announcement was made after protem Speaker Rameshwar Sharma disclosed that 61 employees and officials of the Assembly secretariat and five MLAs had tested positive for the coronavirus.

The Congress leaders in their notice accused senior health department officials, including two IAS officers, of playing "suspicious and "conspiring" roles in the postponement of the Assembly's winter session, by providing wrong data and information about the infection of Coronavirus among employees. This is a conspiracy against the Assembly and its members for the cancellation of notification issued for convening the winter session," the notice said. The notice further alleged that officials presented wrong data of the coronavirus positive status during the all-party meeting and mislead the Assembly members It also pointed out that most those who tested positive for coronavirus are not employees and officials of the Assembly secretariat.

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