Business came to a standstill in both Houses of Bihar legislature on Tuesday, the first working day of the weeklong short winter session, as the Opposition forced their adjournment motions and debate on law and order situation. But their moves were turned down in the Assembly as well as in the Council leading to turmoil and slogan shouting.
Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Tejashwi Prasad Yadav said the criminals were ruling the roost and administration was sleeping. “Deputy CM Sushil Modi is appealing the criminals with folded hands not to commit crime. The law and order situation is at its nadir. Police is mute spectator and criminals of RSS and BJP are creating social tension and lynched an old person in Sitamarhi recently and burned him alive and against the wishes of his kin buried him in Muzaffarpur,” said Yadav and sought reply from the CM who was not present in the House.
He said questions related to the departments held by the CM were not being answered. Nitish also hold home department. Amid the slogan shouting and waving of placards by RJD legislators, he said there was total breakdown of law and order and even Supreme Court was reprimanding Bihar Government.
His mother and leader of Opposition in the Upper House Rabri Devi said Nitish should feel ashamed as his Government was being run by criminals and such elements were being protected.
In the council adjournment notice was pushed by RJD chief whip Subodh Kumar who said gang rape of minor girls, kidnapping, murder and communal violence were order of the day.
Despite the request by the chair in both houses the opposition members continued standing in the Well of the houses and raising slogans forcing the adjournment in both sessions.
Parliamentary affairs Minister Shrawan Kumar said, “Our Government is ready tom accept their demand, hold debate on whatever issues they want and reply but they should raise any issue as per parliamentary norms and rules. But they have no faith in parliamentary democracy and its institutions.”