Bihar Assembly adjourned amid din by BJP members demanding Tejashwi’s resignation

The Assembly session began at 11 am, when BJP members rose in their seats and trooped into the well.

Patna: Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly Vijay Kumar Sinha with party legislators stages a protest demanding the dismissal of Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav over his alleged involvement in the land for jobs scam case during Monsoon Session of the Assembly, in Patna, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. (PTI Photo)

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The Bihar Assembly was adjourned till 2 pm on Tuesday amid ruckus by the members of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who demanded Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav’s resignation after he was named in a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) chargesheet.

The Assembly session began at 11 am, when BJP members rose from their seats and trooped into the well of the Assembly. Speaker Awadh Bihari Chaudhary tried to conduct the proceedings. But the session had to be adjourned in less than 10 minutes amid his pleas to restore house order.

#WATCH | Patna: Opposition MLAs stage protest inside Bihar Assembly against charge-sheeted ministers RJD chief Lalu Yadav, Rabri Devi & Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav in land-for-jobs alleged scam case.

Session adjourned till 2 pm. pic.twitter.com/qpNx75ycDa

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“Your behaviour is a blot on the history of this august House. You are impeding the Question Hour, even though many issues you wished to raise are listed for the day,” the Speaker said, before announcing that the House would reassemble after lunch hour.

Last week, the CBI filed a supplementary chargesheet against Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav — naming him as an accused for the first time — along with 16 others in connection with the alleged land-for-jobs scam.

Apart from Tejashwi, the supplementary chargesheet named his parents — RJD chief and former railway minister Lalu Prasad and former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi.

The case pertains to alleged corruption during Lalu Prasad’s tenure as railway minister from 2004 to 2009 in the UPA-1 government. According to the central probe agency, at least eight people were given Group D jobs in the railways allegedly in lieu of land plots during this period. Lalu Prasad and his family allegedly acquired more than 1 lakh sqft of land for Rs 26 lakh when its then cumulative market value was more than Rs 4.39 crore, according to the CBI.

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