In the Bihar Assembly, just like in Parliament: mostly “hangama,” not much work

Famous poet Dushyant once penned: “It is not my intention to make a racket; I’m trying to bring about change” (“Hangama Khada Karna Hamara Maksad Nahi, Meri Koshish Hai Ki Surat Badalni Chahiye”).

Many political leaders have used this well-known phrase during rallies, yet the ideals are irrelevant in Bihar’s present political climate. For the last five days of the monsoon session, the leaders were primarily engaged in “hangama,” and they paid little attention to problems of public concern. In this session, there were 823 questions listed, and the Speaker approved 704 of them.

People wonder why there has to be a session where lawmakers get Dearness Allowance (DA) and other benefits just to stir up trouble within and outside of the Assembly and Council at the expense of public money.

 

According to an official, the expense of operating the Bihar Vidhan Mandal (Assembly and Council) is close to Rs 1 million each day. Additionally, lawmakers get DA of Rs 50 lakh.

The Bihar Vidhan Sabha’s monsoon session began on July 10 with a speech by Speaker Awadh Bihari Chaudhary. On that day, there was no question period. The presiding officer’s name had been declared by the Speaker, and a supplemental budget had been presented. The meeting lasted about 30 minutes.

On the second day of the Monsoon session, there was no question period or parliamentary procedure and the session lasted barely six minutes in the first half and 20 minutes in the second half. A reporting table that was positioned in the house’s well was damaged as a result of the commotion.

On July 12, the assembly convened at the appointed hour, and the opposition leader had an opportunity to address the body. After three questions, opposition leader Vijay Sinha accused the Speaker of siding with the leaders of the governing Mahagathbandhan.

After a commotion and 31 minutes, the meeting was eventually called to a close. Two chairs in the well were also damaged that day during the commotion.

As soon as the question period began on July 13 in the parliament, BJP lawmakers caused a commotion. The Speaker ordered Marshalls to remove Engineer Shailendra and Jivesh Mishra from the building as a result of the situation becoming worse.

In the first half, BJP lawmakers left the chamber after the event and sat on a Dharna. They traveled to Gandhi Maidan to take part in the protest march during the second half. On that day, the majority of them were detained during a lathi charge near Dak Bungalow Chowk. They were unable to go to Vidhan Sabha as a consequence.

On July 14, the BJP made the decision to observe Black Day in protest of lathi charges and the passing of one of its leaders, Vijay Singh. A commotion was caused in the assembly by several BJP leaders who arrived there.

After climbing up on the reporting table at that time, BJP MLA Sanjay Singh attempted to take off his shirt before being escorted out of the house.

The repeated adjournments of the parliament infuriated many lawmakers. The leaders of the governing party accused the BJP of causing a commotion within the parliament and interfering with the procedures.

“This is a short session of just five days, and we were prepared to raise questions regarding matters of public concern, but BJP leaders are interfering with the regular operation of the house. On each of the five days, they unduly interfered with the house’s business. They have moved chairs in a way that poses a danger to the lawmakers. It is inappropriate and unpleasant, according to Shalini Mishra, a JD-U legislator.

RJD MLA Sangeeta Kumari stated: “They have destroyed democracy in Maharashtra and appointed a dishonest deputy chief minister. The BJP’s hypocrisy is what is on display in public. They attempted to assault lawmakers by removing the chair.

The Tejashwi Yadav charge sheet was the greatest headache for the BJP. Vijay Kumar Sinha, the head of the opposition, criticized the Nitish Kumar administration for maintaining a person who had been charged in a constitutional role.

“What happened to Tejashwi Yadav was not related to the FIR. He has no right to continue holding the constitutional position since he has been charged in the land-for-job case. He continues to hold the position despite all of this, and Nitish Kumar is not pressing for his departure, Sinha claimed.

“Nitish Kumar’s zero tolerance policy is only a façade. He made a deal with corruption. Nitish Kumar forced Jitan Ram Manjhi to retire after a FIR was filed against him,” Sinha said.

Other points brought up by the BJP were the domicile policy for hiring teachers, an increase in crime, and corruption, such as the collapse of the Aguwani Ghat Khagaria bridge.