Jaipur, March 6 -- The Rajasthan assembly on Thursday witnessed sharp exchanges during Question Hour as treasury and opposition benches clashed over government building inaugurations allegedly carried out by leaders who lost in the elections, irregularities in ration shop allotments and procedural issues in departments. The debate began when BJP MLA Shatrudhan Gautam raised questions regarding what he termed as the hurried inauguration of the mother and child health (MCH) wing at Kekri Hospital in Ajmer, under the Congress government. Responding to the query, health minister Gajendra Singh Khimsar said the facility had been inaugurated by the previous government being incomplete and without formal approval from the department. "The work of the MCH wing was not completed, and the inauguration was conducted hastily without the department's permission. It was not a formal inauguration," the minister told the House. Gautam, however, questioned the distinction between "formal" and "informal" inaugurations. He said the inauguration plaque bearing the names of the former health minister and Congress workers was still installed at the site. "The reply is completely false," he said, demanding action against those responsible for inaugurating the incomplete building. The issue soon triggered a heated argument between Khimsar and deputy leader of opposition Ramkesh Meena. Meena alleged that defeated BJP leaders were being allowed to inaugurate and lay foundation stones for government projects across the state. He also referred to the inauguration of a facility at the RBM Hospital in Bharatpur about five months ago, saying the issue was not confined to a single district but was happening across Rajasthan. "Will the government stop defeated BJP leaders from performing such inaugurations?" he asked. In response, Khimsar cited a similar example from the previous Congress government, stating that the in-patient department (IPD) tower at SMS Hospital in Jaipur had not been completed when then chief minister Ashok Gehlot inaugurated its first floor in 2023. Gautam reiterated his demand for action against those responsible for inaugurating incomplete projects during the previous government's tenure. Khimsar admitted that the building at Kekri Hospital had indeed been incomplete at the time of the inauguration and said names wrongly inscribed on the plaque would be removed. Congress state president Govind Singh Dotasra also sought details of government inaugurations and foundation laying ceremonies carried out in the past two and a half years, asking whether such events were conducted only with written departmental approval. Khimsar replied that in his department only elected public representatives would perform inaugurations and foundation-laying ceremonies. "If this rule is violated, action will be taken," he said. Speaker Vasudev Devnani intervened, recalling that in his constituency a defeated MLA candidate's name had been placed on an inauguration plaque earlier. The speaker directed that henceforth only the names of elected public representatives - regardless of party affiliation - should appear on plaques for government inaugurations and foundation stones. In another Question Hour exchange, Congress MLA Suresh Modi and deputy LoP Meena cornered water resources minister Suresh Singh Rawat, who was replying on behalf of the food and civil supplies department regarding ration shop allocations in Neem-Ka-Thana,. Rawat said ten single applications had been received. Of these, three had been allotted shops, two had been rejected and guidance had been sought in four cases. Modi criticised the reply, alleging that nearly 70% of the population was being deprived of ration facilities. When the minister repeated the written response, Modi pressed further, asking whose guidance was being sought. "Do you want guidance from Mahatma Gandhi?" he remarked sarcastically. The minister then said guidance had been sought from the district collector. Meena criticised the response, saying it was embarrassing for the government if a minister required guidance from a collector. Rawat clarified that the district supply officer had sought the collector's guidance and a decision on the allotments would be taken once it was received. Meanwhile, the state government introduced two separate amendment bills in the Assembly to remove the two-child eligibility condition for contesting elections in Panchayati Raj institutions and urban local bodies....