Bihar Assembly Speaker Udai Narain Choudhry suspended 67 Opposition MLAs for the rest of the monsoon session as chaos prevailed in the House for the second day on Wednesday. State RJD President Abdul Bari Siddiqui and RJD deputy leader in the Assembly Shakeel Ahmed Khan were among those suspended. Unruly scenes were witnessed yesterday 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. AIR correspondent reports that Wednesday'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. In lower house of the Bihar state legislator one of the opposition members threw chappal towards Speaker Udai Narayan Chaudhury and in the upper house one of the councilors Sanjay Prasad uprooted micks and tried to hit the Chairman Tarakant Jha. Because of the alertness of security men chairman escaped unhurt. After that Niraj Kumar and Balmiki Singh beat Sanjay Prasad black and blue inside the council. Congress councilor Smt. Jyoti ransacked furniture inside and flower pots outside the council. The Speaker, Uday Narain Chaudhary ruled that no court can interfere on the CAG report unless this is examined by the Public Accounts Committee, PAC of the House. Mr. Chaudhary while giving the ruling in the Assembly said that since the CAG report is under the purview of the PAC, these issues cannot be preempted by the court.
News On AIR | July 22, 2010 1:31 PM
67 Opposition MLAs suspended from Bihar Assembly as chaos prevails for 2nd day