Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was unfazed after being heckled, he carried on with his speech after the protestors were taken away.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was heckled today by a group of nearly 15 people at the inauguration of the New Delhi chapter of the Bihar foundation, when Mr Kumar was speaking at the event to honour people from Bihar for their contribution to society.
The protestors waited for nearly two hours till it was Mr Kumar's turn to speak at the Sri Ram Centre in central Delhi. Some people got up in the middle of his speech and raised slogans about the recent report on Bhagalpur riots and Dalit atrocities in Bihar. They shouted slogans like "Nitish go back" and protested over the deteriorating law and oder situation in the state, before being detained by the Police.
Mr Kumar was unfazed, he said, "This is not a place for politics, whoever wins the elections has to take the people of Bihar along. Phokat mein publicity karne aaye hain (They came for cheap publicity). He carried on with his speech after the protestors were taken away.
Yesterday, the Bihar government had tabled in the assembly, a 1,000-page report on the 1989 Bhagalpur riots with the findings of retired judge NN Singh. The report indicted the ruling Congress government and policemen, "those who had the power to act, abandoned the quest," it said.
On July 27, there were allegations of atrocities being committed against Dalit families after a boy fell in love with a non-Dalit girl in Khagaria district of Bihar.