Patna, July 24
The fourth day of the monsoon session of the Bihar Legislative Assembly witnessed a massive uproar as opposition MLAs continued their protest demanding a discussion on Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists.
While Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary was explaining the government's stand on SIR, Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav interrupted, accusing him of lying repeatedly, leading to a heated exchange.
A minister stood to counter Tejashwi, prompting Tejashwi to retort, “Sit down… why do you start jumping like a monkey?”
The remark triggered angry protests from the treasury benches, with all ruling party ministers standing up in protest, stalling the proceedings.
Following the monkey comments, Cabinet Minister Prem Kumar, while interacting with the media persons outside the assembly, said that Tejashwi Yadav has used an unparliamentary word during the proceedings of the house on Thursday, and he should apologise for it.
Samrat Chaudhary stated, “About 18 lakh dead voters identified, 26 lakh identified as having migrated. The migration out of Bihar dropped from 11 per cent in 2005 to below 2 per cent now,” Chaudhary said while recalling Lalu Prasad’s 1992 statement on removing infiltrators from Bihar.