The second day of the ongoing Monsoon Session witnessed noisy scenes with ruling party and Opposition members coming face to face over assistant policemen’s agitation.
As the session commenced on Monday, members from Opposition benches entered the Well of the House raising the assistant policemen’s issue. The BJP members were demanding work adjournment motion over the issue, but the Speaker rejected the demand.
Intervening over the issue, Chief Minister Hemant Soren said the Government is serious to solve the assistant policemen stir, but BJP lawmakers are instigating the agitating assistant policemen, who are on a dharna at Morhabadi ground.
The assistant policemen have staged a dharna at Morhabadi ground for the past one week. Soren said, “The Government is serious to solve the assistant policemen’s issue and in this connection Government representatives have taken the initiative meeting the agitating policemen at Morhabadi ground, but once the Government representatives departs from dharna site assuring them promises, the BJP members reach the venue instigating them.”
He said on Sunday Government representatives visited Morhabadi ground, meeting agitating policemen representatives. Giridih MLA too was part of the Government delegation that visited the agitating policemen. Soren claimed that the meeting was amicable and everything was final, but hours after government representatives left the venue the policemen once again became agitated.
The CM in his strong message to agitating policemen and Opposition members said that the State Government is not going to tolerate arrogance and wrong practices of the protesting policemen.
He said the Government has not initiated strict action against agitating policemen but Government’s patience should not be tested. Soren also feared apprehension of the spread of corona pandemic due to dharna of assistant policemen.
After the Chief Minister’s remark, senior BJP leader and former Minister CP Singh attacking the Soren Government said you have got the Government for not issuing orders for lathicharge on assistant policemen.
Replying to Chief Minister remark that BJP lawmakers are instigating assistant policemen, Singh said, “BJP MLAs are going to Morhabadi ground for morning walk and not for instigating policemen.”
Former Deputy Chief Minister and Silli legislator Sudesh Mahto said if the Chief Minister is so much concerned about spread of corona pandemic due to dharna of policemen then he should personally visit the agitating assistant policemen to end the deadlock.