The altercation ensued while the minister was replying to a question of BJP member Mangal Pandey regarding availability of medicine in hospitals.
When Leader of Opposition Sushil Kumar Modi intervened and alleged medicines were not supplied to hospitals for free distribution among patients for the past two years due to the alleged medicine scam, Tej Pratap retorted that the scam took place when BJP's Ashwami Choubey was heading the Health department during the NDA rule in the state.
Sushil Modi, former Deputy Chief Minister, alleged the scam took place when Health Ministry was under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar after BJP had quit the ministry in June 2013.
JD(U) members Sanjay Singh, Neeraj Kumar and others strongly protested Sushil Modi accusing the CM.
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Sushil Modi and other BJP leaders had raised the alleged medicine scam issue, which they claimed was worth Rs 100 crore, before the Bihar Assembly elections alleging expired medicines were purchased from some black-listed companies and in some cases at exorbitant prices.
The minister said supply of medicines would be ensured within two months.