Boisterous behavior in Bihar Assembly

Democracy took a new twist in the Bihar Assembly on Wednesday, 21st July when the opposition legislators resorted to boisterous behavior freezing business. The opposition legislatures indulged in unparliamentarily behavior. Hurling chappal is termed as a heinous crime and that was replicated in Bihar Assembly. One of legislators flung a slipper at the Assembly Speaker. In the photo published by all national news papers, one could see a woman cladded in red blouse and white sari displaying her tummy smashing pots in the garden of the Assembly. Presumably there will be no pots in her home and her husband, if she has one, should be recommended for awarding world peace prize.

The reported move by Nitish Kumar, the Chief Minister of Bihar to stop the Central Bureau of Investigation againt alleged irregularities, amounting to Rs.11, 412 crore, in connection with developmental schemes, as revealed by Comptroller and Auditor General, is conspicuous. Mr Nitish Kumar is equally responsible for the untoward incidents in Bihar Assembly. If corruption is the sole concern of the opposition they are also not free from it. The crusade against corruption of the corrupt rulers by the corrupt opposition parties is only a ploy to hoodwink the poor and uneducated masses of Bihar. The people of Bihar have to wait some more years to see the true light of democracy in their land.

K A Solaman