Jharkhand Assembly adjourned in chaos; Congress ends suspension three MLAs

Before the commencement of the monsoon session, BJP legislators held a protest, holding placards with slogans about the State’s law-and-order situation.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is in the Opposition in the Jharkhand Assembly, created a ruckus on the first day of the monsoon session on Friday, attacking the Hemant Soren-led government over high unemployment, and the alleged deterioration of law and order in the State.

Before the commencement of the monsoon session, BJP legislators held a protest, holding placards with slogans about the State’s law-and-order situation. They also demanded that the Central Bureau of Investigation probe the murder of local Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Subhash Munda in Ranchi.  

“The way Subhash Munda was murdered in broad daylight proves how common people are unsafe in the State. There are big rackets which criminals operate despite being behind bars. The faith in the police is over now,” said BJP MLA Amar Kumar Bauri.

Fellow BJP MLA Jaiprakash Bhai Patel said that the youth of Jharkhand were raising their voices against the new recruitment policy, but the government is not taking any action about it. “During election, the Heman Soren government promised to provide five lakh jobs, but after becoming the Chief Minister, he did not bother about the youth of Jharkhand. Law and order is equally in bad shape and people are feeling threatened over here,” he added.

Rebutting sharply, senior Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader and transport minister Champai Soren slammed the BJP for ignoring the Manipur situation.

“Why are the BJP leaders mum over the Manipur violence? If there is any incident in our State, we quickly take action, but what about Manipur? On Monday, we will raise this issue in a bigger way,” Mr. Soren said.

The government has decided to table three important Bills when the Assembly session resumes on Monday, which had earlier been returned by former Governor Ramesh Bais, citing several errors. The three bills are The Prevention of Mob Violence and Mob Lynching Bill, 2021; the Khatiyan Bill, and the OBC Reservation Bill.