Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) MLAs on Monday staged a protest outside Bihar Assembly against the State government over the violence that took place in various districts during Ram Navami celebrations.
Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) MLAs on Monday staged a protest outside Bihar Assembly against the State government over the violence that took place in various districts during Ram Navami celebrations.
BJP MLAs were seen raising slogans anti-government slogans and demanded that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar should step down and condemn the violence.
Security has been increased following clashes on March 31 in Nalanda in Biharsharif and Sasaram in Rohtas in the State.Earlier today the Bihar Assembly was adjourned till 2 pm amidst sloganeering between members of the ruling alliance government and the opposition BJP.
Leader of the Opposition party, Bihar legislative assembly, Vijay Kumar Sinha told reporters outside the assembly, “The violence that happened in Sasaram and Nalanda have happened in the past as well. Why doesn’t the government deploy enough security personnel? Why does it have to wait till the matter becomes worse? This is the 21st century and the country will not work on the basis of appeasement politics.”Meanwhile, Nalanda District Magistrate, Shashank Shubhankar said that a peace committee has been formed in every ward and a meeting of the peace committee will be held following which they will take out a march.