Nitish loses cool over hooch in Assembly, tells BJP MLAs ‘Sharabi ho gaye ho tum…’
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PATNA: With the Bihar hooch tragedy toll rising previous 20 on Wednesday, the Assembly witnessed noisy scenes with the BJP accusing Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of failing to implement prohibition and an irate Nitish sniping on the Opposition for creating ruckus within the House.
“You all had supported prohibition. What happened now? You are talking about spurious liquor?” he shouted on the BJP MLAs, accusing them of being drunk. Nitish misplaced his cool after the BJP MLAs raised Tuesday’s hooch tragedy in Saran district within the House on the second day of the Winter session, holding the CM accountable for the deaths. The MLAs additionally demanded compensation for the household of those that misplaced their lives.
Amid the pandemonium that adopted, Nitish flew right into a rage and shouted on the BJP legislators asking them to pipe down, addressing them ‘tum’ (used when calling any person youthful or junior). However, Nitish’s outburst additional angered the BJP MLAs, who demanded an apology from him. The BJP members, then, trooped into the Well, elevating anti-Nitish slogans. Some even demanded that he resign.
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The uproar continued within the post-lunch session as nicely, forcing Speaker Awadh Bihari Choudhary to adjourn the House for the day. Taking the protest exterior the House, Opposition chief Vijay Kumar Sinha of the BJP informed reporters that his celebration was in favour of prohibition however wished dialogue on the hooch tragedy deaths. “The CM provoked us,” he added.
PATNA: With the Bihar hooch tragedy toll rising previous 20 on Wednesday, the Assembly witnessed noisy scenes with the BJP accusing Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of failing to implement prohibition and an irate Nitish sniping on the Opposition for creating ruckus within the House.
“You all had supported prohibition. What happened now? You are talking about spurious liquor?” he shouted on the BJP MLAs, accusing them of being drunk. Nitish misplaced his cool after the BJP MLAs raised Tuesday’s hooch tragedy in Saran district within the House on the second day of the Winter session, holding the CM accountable for the deaths. The MLAs additionally demanded compensation for the household of those that misplaced their lives.
Amid the pandemonium that adopted, Nitish flew right into a rage and shouted on the BJP legislators asking them to pipe down, addressing them ‘tum’ (used when calling any person youthful or junior). However, Nitish’s outburst additional angered the BJP MLAs, who demanded an apology from him. The BJP members, then, trooped into the Well, elevating anti-Nitish slogans. Some even demanded that he resign.
ALSO READ: Five lifeless in hooch tragedy in ‘dry’ Bihar, probe on
The uproar continued within the post-lunch session as nicely, forcing Speaker Awadh Bihari Choudhary to adjourn the House for the day. Taking the protest exterior the House, Opposition chief Vijay Kumar Sinha of the BJP informed reporters that his celebration was in favour of prohibition however wished dialogue on the hooch tragedy deaths. “The CM provoked us,” he added.
