Bihar Assembly Speaker Udai Narain Choudhry suspended over 64 Opposition MLAs for the rest of the monsoon session as chaos prevailed in the House for the second day on Wednesday.The suspension of the MLAs on the ground of unruly behaviour came shortly after some of the opposition members spent the night in the well of the two houses of the state legislature.State RJD President Abdul Bari Siddiqui and RJD deputy leader in the Assembly Shakeel Ahmed Khan were among those suspended.Unruly scenes were witnessed on Tuesday in both Houses of Bihar Legislature as Opposition members overturned desks and chairs, broke microphones and virtually came to blows with ruling alliance MLAs over the debate on the CAG report which alleged financial irregularities in the state.Today's action against the MLAs, who were sitting on a dharna since Tuesday demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in the wake of the CAG report, came after they disobeyed the directive of the Speaker to let the House function.A resolution for the suspension of the MLAs was brought in the House by state parliamentary affairs in-charge Brijendra Prasad Yadav, which was passed by voice vote amid protests by opposition members. The MLAs were marshalled out of the house by the watch and ward staff. Meanwhile, Bihar Legislative Assembly Speaker, Uday Narain Chaudhary today ruled that no court can interfere on CAG report unless this is examined by the Public Accounts Committee, PAC of the House. Mr. Chaudhary while giving ruling in the Assembly said that since the CAG report is under the purview of PAC, these issues cannot be preempted by the court.
News On AIR | July 21, 2010 8:52 PM
’67 Opposition MLAs suspended from Bihar Assembly as chaos prevails for 2nd day