Finance
By: Shree1news, 25 NOV 2020
Unruly scenes prevailed inside the Bihar Legislative Assembly because the opposition MLAs created ruckus over voice vote for Speaker’s election and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s presence within the House. The RJD MLAs stormed into the Well of the House and questioned why was Nitish Kumar present in the House when he isn’t a member of the Legislative Assembly.
Nitish Kumar is a member of the Legislative Council.
Pro-tem speaker Jitan Ram Manjhi informed the RJD MLAs to return to their respective seats and permit him to conduct the election. He also clarified to the protesting members that Nitish Kumar is the Leader of the House and he’ll stay seated in the House.
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav was also present in the House when MLAs raised slogans. “Rules should be followed during the election of the Speaker,” he mentioned.
Earlier in the present day, an audiotape of RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav surfaced whereby he was heard asking a ruling NDA MLA to skip the House proceedings for the election of Speaker. In return, Lalu promised him a ministerial berth.
While the NDA has fielded senior BJP leader Vijay Kumar Sinha for the Speaker’s submit, the grand alliance has nominated Awadh Bihari Chaudhary of RJD.
On Tuesday evening, senior BJP leader and former deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi too claimed that Lalu Yadav is trying to poach the NDA MLAs forward of the Speaker’s election. Sushil claimed that Lalu was gaining access to cell regardless of serving sentences within the multi-crore fodder rip-off. He also shared the number from which Lalu made calls.
Source: A-N
