Staff Reporter / PATNA
The leader of opposition Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, along with other opposition leaders today announced to boycott the Assembly proceedings for the remaining two days of the monsoon session as Speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha rejected their demand again for a discussion on the Agnipath scheme.
They sat on dharna in front of the statue of Karpoori Thakur to register their silent protest against the denial of conciliatory hearing by the Speaker.
The opposition parties disrupted the proceedings of the state assembly for the third day on Tuesday, as Speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha rejected their demand again for a discussion on the Agnipath scheme, leading to the adjournment of the House till the lunch hour.
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The opposition, led by Tejashwi, demanded House discussion on the Agnipath scheme, release of the Agnipath protesters and the withdrawal of FIRs lodged against them. Later, a delegation of opposition leaders led by Tejashwi met the Speaker in his chamber and put across their demands. The Speaker rejected them point blank.
The post-lunch session saw a peculiar scene, as the Speaker’s bid for a House discussion on the need for the award of “utkrisht vidhayak” (best MLA) and “utkrisht vidhan Sabha” (best assembly) ended in an “unfortunate” fiasco, as the Speaker put it on account of three incidents.
First, the opposition members boycotted the House proceedings, then the JD(U) members also absented themselves from the House and sat in the auditorium of the House library and third, three JD(U) ministers – Sheila Mandal, Madan Sahani and Sunil Kumar – left the House after the motion for a discussion on the need for ‘utkrisht vidhayak’ and ‘utkrisht assembly’ was moved by BJP member Sanjay Sarawagi.