Nitish slams oppn for protests in black attire
Nitish Kumar
on Friday expressed strong displeasure over the continuing protest by members of the five-party Grand Alliance (GA), who have been donning black attire for the past three days to oppose the special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls being conducted by the
Election Commission
in the state.
The CM reacted sharply to the renewed protests which erupted soon after the Bihar assembly convened for the morning session. The opposition legislators, dressed in black, first stood at their seats demanding the withdrawal of the SIR and then proceeded to the well of the House. Leader of opposition Tejashwi Prasad Yadav was not present during the session.
Pointing at the opposition members, the CM said, "Look at them, these people who are creating 'hangama' (ruckus) in the House and what kind of clothes they have put on. These parties are all together, they have put on clothes of one colour." Addressing the women opposition MLAs, he added, "Did you ever wear such clothes that you have put on now?"
The CM added, "It has become clear that these different parties (of the GA) in the opposition have nothing else to do.
They don't know what and how much work my govt has done. It has benefited all."
"I have been looking at you all (for the last three days). You all have come together. These parties, which are different, but have come together and have also been wearing clothes of one colour. They are doing just 'ulta-pulta kaam' (senseless acts). Do you know how much work has been done?" the CM asked.
He went on, "What have you done, you all have come to the House wearing black clothes.
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It had never happened in the past. It used to happen occasionally, but today they all are one," he said, sounding visibly weary. When someone seated in the front row of the treasury benches quietly urged him to sit down, the CM responded with a remark before finally taking his seat.
Despite the intervention, the protests continued unabated. The Speaker was compelled to adjourn the morning session just seven minutes after it began. As a result, the time allocated for question hour, zero hour and calling attention notices was lost.
In the post-lunch session, the Speaker directed that all written replies submitted by the govt in response to the listed questions be deemed as read on the floor of the House and entered into the official record.
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