On day 1 of monsoon session in Bihar, RJD MLAs wear helmets, black masks to Assembly

The MLAs did this in a symbolic gesture aimed at putting the Nitish Kumar government in a spot over the violence from around four months ago

Opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MLAs reached the premises of the Bihar Assembly donning helmets and black face masks on the inaugural day of the monsoon session on July 26, in a symbolic gesture aimed at putting the Nitish Kumar government in a spot over the that was witnessed in the House around four months ago. The MLAs claimed that they were “scared, this government could get us beaten up at whim”, alluding to the incident of March 23 when many party legislators were roughed up by police personnel, called inside the House after the Speaker was held hostage in a desperate bid to thwart the passing of a contentious legislation. “Nothing less than an apology from Chief Minister Nitish Kumar would do. Our leader Tejashwi Yadav is also going to move a motion to this effect before the House,” RJD MLA and the party’s chief State spokesperson Bhai Virendra told reporters.