A House of shame and slippers

The suspended legislators were forcibly removed by the marshals from the house. The assembly opened at 11 am after being adjourned on Tuesday afternoon following clashes between the ruling National Democratic Alliance and opposition members. The opposition members trooped towards the speaker, shouted slogans against their suspension and demanded the resignation of Nitish Kumar. The suspension will remain effective during the ongoing monsoon session till July 24.

The ruling NDA alleged that an opposition member threw a sandal at the speaker to protest suspension of opposition members. Protests continued outside the house also. A woman legislator created ruckus by breaking flower pots in the premises. On Tuesday, 14 opposition members of the Bihar Legislative Council were suspended for their unruly behaviour in the house during protests against alleged financial irregularities.

Here we have the entire story that happened in the Bihar assembly.

A House of shame and slippers

Politics in Bihar took another ugly turn on Wednesday when Opposition MLAs allegedly threw a pair of sandals at the Speaker after he suspended 16 of them for rowdy behaviour. As the watch and ward staff lifted RJD MLA Bablu Dev, one of the 16 MLAs suspended from the Assembly, his party colleagues ran towards him and a slipper was thrown at the Speaker Udai Narayan Choudhry. Choudhry then ordered that all MLAs protesting in the well of the House be removed.

Chaotic scenes were witnessed in both Houses of Bihar Legislature on Tuesday as Opposition members overturned desks and chairs, broke microphones and virtually came to blows with ruling alliance MLAs over the debate on the CAG report.

A House of shame and slippers

It was a free for all inside the Assembly on Tuesday, all because MLAs could not decide what to debate during working hours. The BJP and JD(U) wanted to discuss price rise and the failings of the Central government. "People have a right to debate, but not in this fashion. The government has a job to do, so has the Opposition, but they can't stop us from functioning in this way," Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said.

A House of shame and slippers

"This is unparliamentary, Nitish has attacked me. This incident (the ruckus) is an embarrassment and I condemn it," RJD chief Lalu Yadav said.

A House of shame and slippers

RJD supremo Lalu Prasad was on Tuesday not allowed to enter the Bihar Assembly where opposition MLAs were on an indefinite dharna demanding the resignation of the Nitish Kumar government.

A House of shame and slippers

Around 80 Bihar Opposition members spent the night in the well of the two houses of the state legislature demanding the resignation of Nitish Kumar in the light of a CAG report highlighting alleged financial irregularities in the state. The Opposition MLAs and MLCs in Bihar said they would continue their dharna in both the Houses till their demand was met, apparently taking a cue from the Karnataka Opposition members, who were on a five-day-long dharna in the state Assembly demanding CBI probe into the alleged illegal mining in the state.

A House of shame and slippers

Last week, MLAs belonging to the Congress and the JD(S) made a tamasha of the Assembly by spending three nights in the House having biriyani, singing songs and sleeping on the floor. Thier demand? Handing over the illegal mining scandal involving the Reddy brothers to the CBI.

A House of shame and slippers

Congress and JD(S) MLAs, who do not share the same political ideology, were found sleeping together. Politics, after all, is a story of strange bedfellow.

A House of shame and slippers

Congress MLAs tearing up a string of bills that were passed in the Karnataka Assembly.

A House of shame and slippers

Meanwhile, Tourism Minister Janardhana Reddy, the eldest of the Reddy brothers and a baron involved in iron ore minig, claimed that his family was as pure as 24 carat gold. Reddy said he was ready for not only a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), but also by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or any global investigation agency.

A House of shame and slippers

A few years ago, Tamil Nadu Assembly witnessed pandemonium when a few MLAs allegedly tried to `disrobe' AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa.

A House of shame and slippers

Recently, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav almost came close to landing a blow on BJP leader Ananth Kumar in Parliament when the later called him a traitor.

Source: Agencies