Members of the Opposition BJP in Bihar created ruckus inside the State Assembly on Wednesday and staged a walkout in protest against the alleged police misbehaviour with family members of a martyred Army jawan.
The Opposition MLAs staged a demonstration in front of the premises before the commencement of Assembly proceedings condemning the arrest of Vaishali resident Raj Kapoor Singh, whose son Army jawan Jai Kishore Singh had died fighting Chinese troops in Galwan a few years ago.
Some BJP MLAs even tried to disrupt proceedings by placing a chair on the desk of the Vidhan Sabha secretary before the proceedings began at 11 a m. Speaker Awadh Bihari Chaudhary allowed Leader of Opposition Vijay Kumar Sinha to make a statement on the floor of the House.
In his statement Sinha alleged that denigration of armed forces ever since Mahagathbandhan assumed power in Bihar was deliberate and not coincidental (prayog hai, sanyog nahin).
When the speaker pointed out that the leader of opposition was asking no question to which the government could be asked to furnish a reply, Sinha demanded that a meeting of the Business Advisory Committee be convened to discuss the issue of the Galwan martyr.
"The Chair must not be dictated by the government," he said. At this the state Parliamentary Affairs minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary rose to his feet and asserted "the Chair must not take a wrong decision under pressure from the opposition either".
As the din continued, Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav rose to State that he had met the family of Jai Kishor Singh shortly after the jawan attained martyrdom.