Bihar Assembly Chaos

Bihar Assembly was adjourned till 2 pm, less than half an hour after commencement of proceedings on Monday, when the House plunged into turmoil over an adjournment motion against 'Agnipath'.

Chaos prevailed in the Bihar assembly on Thursday after the leader of the opposition Tejashwi Yadav stormed out of the House, vowing to return only after "apology or resignation" of a minister by whom he was accused of making "misleading" statements.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar lost his cool yet again on Wednesday when faced with protests by the Opposition MLAs in the legislative council over the manhandling of several legislators by security personnel in the state assembly the previous day. Blaming the MLAs of the opposition camp for the chaos, the Chief Minister defended the decision to...

Opposition MLAs were dragged, manhandled by policemen in the Bihar assembly and carried out on stretchers after the Speaker was virtually held hostage inside his chambers, in unprecedented chaos yesterday over legislation that gives more power to the state's police force to search people and make arrests. MLAs were even pulled by the hair and kicke...

Virulent opposition to a bill introduced in the Bihar assembly by the Nitish Kumar government, with a view to giving more teeth to the police force, today led to unprecedented turmoil in the House where police was called in to physically evict legislators who had laid siege to the Speakers chamber.

The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar on Friday asserted that it was working with an aim to boost industrialisation of the state which would support its rapid pace of development and also lead to job creation.

Opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav's jam-packed rallies have gone viral in the campaign for the Bihar election starting next week. The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader's promise of creating 10 lakh government jobs, repeated at every rally, draws the loudest cheers. On Wednesday, a different video showed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's angry reaction t...

Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh today asked Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) not to "create chaos" in the state in the name of "revolution" and said those coming from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar must realise that they have no right to spread "anarchy".

At around noon today, Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi will seek a vote of confidence in the state assembly in what is being seen as a battle between the BJP and Nitish Kumar, who wants to take Mr Manjhi's place. He is currently meeting the Governor. The BJP has ordered its legislators to vote for Mr Manjhi.

Bihar Assembly was adjourned till 2 pm, less than half an hour after commencement of proceedings on Monday, when the House plunged into turmoil over an adjournment motion against 'Agnipath'.

Chaos prevailed in the Bihar assembly on Thursday after the leader of the opposition Tejashwi Yadav stormed out of the House, vowing to return only after "apology or resignation" of a minister by whom he was accused of making "misleading" statements.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar lost his cool yet again on Wednesday when faced with protests by the Opposition MLAs in the legislative council over the manhandling of several legislators by security personnel in the state assembly the previous day. Blaming the MLAs of the opposition camp for the chaos, the Chief Minister defended the decision to...

Opposition MLAs were dragged, manhandled by policemen in the Bihar assembly and carried out on stretchers after the Speaker was virtually held hostage inside his chambers, in unprecedented chaos yesterday over legislation that gives more power to the state's police force to search people and make arrests. MLAs were even pulled by the hair and kicke...

Virulent opposition to a bill introduced in the Bihar assembly by the Nitish Kumar government, with a view to giving more teeth to the police force, today led to unprecedented turmoil in the House where police was called in to physically evict legislators who had laid siege to the Speakers chamber.

The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar on Friday asserted that it was working with an aim to boost industrialisation of the state which would support its rapid pace of development and also lead to job creation.

Opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav's jam-packed rallies have gone viral in the campaign for the Bihar election starting next week. The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader's promise of creating 10 lakh government jobs, repeated at every rally, draws the loudest cheers. On Wednesday, a different video showed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's angry reaction t...

Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh today asked Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) not to "create chaos" in the state in the name of "revolution" and said those coming from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar must realise that they have no right to spread "anarchy".

At around noon today, Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi will seek a vote of confidence in the state assembly in what is being seen as a battle between the BJP and Nitish Kumar, who wants to take Mr Manjhi's place. He is currently meeting the Governor. The BJP has ordered its legislators to vote for Mr Manjhi.