Bihar Assembly chaos: Congress woman flings flower pots
Patna: Amid chaotic secenes in the Bihar Assembly, Jyoti Singh,
a woman MLC belonging to the Congress, threw several flower pots around, as the Opposition continued with their protests demanding the resignation of Chief Minister
Nitish Kumar after a CAG report alleged financial irregularities in the State.
Bihar Assembly Speaker Udai Narain Choudhry suspended 67 Opposition MLAs on Wednesday
for the rest of the session for their unruly behaviour in the House. The MLAs
were marshalled out of the house by the watch and ward staff after a slipper was
thrown at the podium of the Speaker. Those suspended included ten RJD MLAs, two
from LJP, one each from the CPIM and CPI-ML and two independents. The proposal
to seek 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. On Tuesday, the Opposition attacked - physically
and verbally - members of the government, demanding the resignation of Chief Minister
Nitish Kumar, and his deputy, Sushil Kumar Modi over the Patna High Court order
for CBI probe into an alleged financial irregularities in development schemes.
"We will not lift the agitation till this corrupt government resigns," said RJD
deputy leader in the Assembly Shakeel Ahmad Khan. He said that the agitation in
both the Houses would continue till the demand was met. On Monday, the state government
sought a stay on the Patna High Court order for a CBI probe into alleged financial
irregularities in development schemes from 2002 to 2008, pleading that CAG report
on the issue was pending for "consideration" before the Public Accounts Committee
(PAC) of the state assembly. The CAG report was presented in the state assembly
on July 14, 2009 after the approval of the state governor and subsequently, referred
to Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the house for consideration.
