"Unarmed MLAs Thrashed": Tejashwi Yadav On Bihar Assembly Chaos Over New Bill

Members of the opposition Grand Alliance, comprising the RJD, the Congress and the Left, protested against the Bihar Special Armed Police Bill, 2021, demanding its repeal.

Tejashwi Yadav, Bihar's Leader of the opposition, hit out at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his governments after dramatic scenes were seen in the state assembly on Tuesday during the opposition's protest against a bill that gives more power to the police force. He said Mr Kumar got "unarmed MLAs of his party thrashed inside the House". He shared photos of one his MLAs being carried on a stretcher from the assembly after he was allegedly manhandled by ''police and local goons'' during the protest. "My revolutionary fellow MLA, Satish Das, who belongs to a poor family, became a victim of hooliganism of Nitish Kumar. He suffered a head injury. The picture is proof," the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader tweeted in Hindi. Members of the opposition Grand Alliance, comprising the RJD, the Congress and the Left, protested against the Bihar Special Armed Police Bill, 2021, demanding its repeal. The assembly was adjourned five times on Tuesday.