Jaipur, Sept. 2 -- The monsoon session of the Rajasthan assembly opened on a stormy note on Monday, with Congress and BJP MLAs trading barbs over alleged vote rigging and tributes for Jhalawar school tragedy victims, forcing Speaker Vasudev Devnani to adjourn the House till Wednesday. As the House met, Congress MLAs shouted slogans of "vote chor gaddi chhodo" (vote thief, step down) and displayed placards inside the House. Despite repeated appeals for order by Speaker Vasudev Devnani, the Congress members remained defiant, prompting the Speaker to express his displeasure over their conduct. The Speaker asked them to maintain decorum, saying that the House was not a marketplace or a street and members cannot mis behave in the Assembly. "This is not a marketplace or a street corner. Maintain the dignity of the House," Devnani said. In response to the uproar by the opposition members, BJP legislators countered with slogans targeting Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. BJP MLAs also raised slogans against Rahul Gandhi, shouting "gaali baaz Rahul Gandhi". The Speaker intervened to pacify treasury members, asking them not to obstruct the proceedings of the House. The BJP has been protesting against the Congress leader for allegedly abusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother during the Congress leader's 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' in Bihar. During the proceedings, Speaker Devnani informed the House that the Anta Assembly seat (Baran) had fallen vacant due to the conviction of Kanwar Lal Meena in a criminal case. The report of the Select Committee on the coaching centre regulation bill was also tabled by Deputy chief minister and Committee Chairman Dr Premchand Bairwa. Earlier, Congress members reached the assembly together with placards and t-shirts with slogans written on it "Vote Chor Gaddi Chhod". Addressing the media outside the assembly, Leader of Opposition Tikaram Jully said the BJP had rigged both the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. He accused the Election Commission of being complicit and claimed that Congress had exposed its functioning. Jully said that the way votes are being stolen, the Congress Party has exposed the Election Commission. He added that today, the entire country stands in support of Rahul Gandhi. He alleged that vote theft is not limited to Bihar or Karnataka, but has also taken place in Haryana, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan. He demanded a thorough investigation into the matter and called for the removal of those "sitting inside the Election Commission in the guise of BJP." He emphasized that the Election Commission belongs to the country, not to the BJP. The LoP also raised questions over not paying tribute to the children who died in the Jhalawar school tragedy. He said, "In the Assembly, tributes have been paid and two minutes of silence observed for senior leaders and for those who died in various incidents across the country. It is deeply saddening that the government seems to have lost its sense of empathy. We offered tributes to the deceased in Himachal, Jharkhand, and Uttarakhand, but why could you not spare even two minutes to pay homage to the innocent children of Jhalawar who lost their lives when the school building collapsed-children who went to study but never returned?" Tonk MLA Sachin Pilot alleged that elections were repeatedly undermined through electoral malpractice. "Some people are trying to steal votes and repeatedly form governments through unfair means. The entire country is now speaking up against this and the Congress will not tolerate vote theft," Pilot said. "Vote theft is not just happening in Bihar or Karnataka. It has been attempted in Haryana, Maharashtra and Rajasthan too. There must be a thorough investigation. Those sitting in the Election Commission in BJP's disguise must be removed," he demanded. Government chief whip Jageshwar Garg targeted Rahul Gandhi, calling him and the Congress Party abusive. Speaking to the media, he said, "Rahul Gandhi is abusive, Congress is abusive, and this is a matter of record. Videos of this are also circulating." Industry Minister Rajyavardhan Singh said, "There is no one for whom we would think that tributes should not be paid-that is not the case. Inside the Assembly, there is its own process. During this entire period, it is the Speaker's prerogative to decide which incidents are to be taken up."...