Winter session of both houses of Bihar Legislature starts on

The winter session of both houses of Bihar Legislature beginning on Friday is likely to be stormy with the opposition gearing up to corner the state government on various issues especially law and order and the recent water-logging problem in the state capital.

The brief session ending on November 28 will have a total of five working days during which the Nitish Kumar government is scheduled to table second supplementary budget 2019-20 and some other legislations.

The JD(U), BJP and LJP constitute NDA government while RJD and Congress are the main opposition parties in both the state houses.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Sushil Kumar Modi are members of the legislative council. Rabri Devi is the opposition leader in the state's upper house.

 

Senior RJD leader and MLA Bhai Virendra said on Thursday "we will highlight the government's abject failure in controlling law and order which is evident from the steep rise in the incidence of crimes like loot, murder, rape,kidnapping especially against women."

The party legislators would also mention the water- logging problem that residents of some parts of Patna faced in September end due to incessant rainfall, he said.

"Vast areas of the state got submerged due to floods during that time but the affected people did not recieve Rs 6,000 as ex-gratia announced by the state governmemt", the RJD leader claimed.

Asked whether Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly Tejashwi Prasad Yadav will be present during the session, Virendra said he would definitely be there in the house.

Tejashwi will be reaching Patna this evening after holding campaign meetings in Jharkhand where the assembly poll is currently underway, he said.

Tejashwi, RJD heir apparent had remained absent for majority of the time in the last monsoon session of the house, leaving the party in the lurch.

Senior Bihar Congress leader and MLC Prem Chandra Mishra said issues of law and order, water-logging in Patna and pollution gripping the capital city as well other major towns of the state would be some of the matters the party legislators will raise in both the houses.

Bihar Assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Choudhary had convened an all party meeting on Wednesday to ensure that the house transact its business smoothly. PTI AR on their fate with no government help," he said.

Vast areas of the state got submerged due to floods but the affected people did not recieve Rs 6,000 as ex-gratia announced by the state governmemt, RJD leader said adding that the opposition will raise the problems being faced by farmers.

Asked whether leader of opposition in Bihar Assembly Tejashwi Prasad Yadav will be present during the session, Virendra said that he would definitely be there in the House.

Tejashwi will be reaching to Patna by this evening after holding campaign meetings in Jharkhand where the assembly poll is currently underway, he said.

Asked whether Tejashwi will be attending the House on all the five days, he said that "I can say that he will be definitely present in the House but can't say about the number of days he will be in the House because of assembly polls in Jharkhand. He is party's main campaigner in the absence of Lalu Prasad."

"Once the House ends, we will also go to Jharkhand for campaigning," Virendra added.

Senior Bihar Congress leader and MLC Prem Chandra Mishra said that "the issues of law and order, water logging in Patna and pollution badly gripping the capital city and other major towns of the state would be some of the issues that the Congress party will be raising during the session in the House."

Bihar Assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Choudhary had convened all party meeting on Wednesday to ensure that the House could transact its business smoothly.