Bihar Legislative Council adjourned due to pandemonium over lathi charge
Patna/UNI: The pre-lunch session of Bihar Legislative Council was adjourned ahead of its scheduled time today when members of the main opposition party, RJD and its ally Congress created ruckus in the house over police lathi charge during state Congress's ‘Jan Vedana March’ in the state capital yesterday.
As soon as working chairman Haroon Rashid occupied the chair, Congress member Prem Chandra Mishra raised the issue through adjournment motion.
Mr Mishra said that state Congress had taken out ‘Jan Vedana’ march in the state capital as per its pre scheduled programme but police personnel resorted to baton charge, lobbed tear gas shells and used water cannons for no reason demonstrating police persecution in its worst form.
The Congress member said that police personnel without any provocation had used water cannons and lobbed tear gas shells on Congress leaders and workers when their peaceful march, which had started from state Congress headquarters Sadaquat Ashram was about to reach Pant Bhawan, Boring Road after passing through various routes of the state capital.
He said, police had mercilessly baton charged Congress leaders and workers even when they had not crossed beyond police barricading.
Congress member Mr Mishra said that the entire action fell into the category of police`s suppressive tactic. He said no worker had crossed police barricading and also no worker had pelted stones on cops adding use of police force against Congress workers was undemocratic, repressive and also condemnable.
He said, thousands of Congress workers, two MPs, MLAs, MLCs, state party president Madan Mohan Jha and AICC In charge for Bihar affairs Shaktisinh Gohil were participating in the march. He said administration had broken all decorum by resorting to baton charge without any reason.
He said, 27 workers had sustained injuries in police baton charge even as prominent party leaders were made to sit at Kotwali police station in the state capital as they were promised a meeting with the state governor.
The Congress member said that entire march was peaceful and nobody was provoked in any manner even as administration was informed of the march in advance. He said prominent leaders had been booked under 10 various sections each demanding a reply from the government on it.
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