Patna: RJD leader Rabri Devi on Friday made serious allegations and said her son Tejashwi Yadav’s life is in danger and four attempts were made to kill him in the recent past. “Attempts are being made to kill him. Tejashwi’s life is in danger. Who will conspire except JDU and BJP?” Rabri Devi said outside the Bihar Assembly.
Rabri Devi also alleged that a conspiracy is being hatched to harm Tejashwi Yadav in the assembly. Attacking JDU and BJP directly, she said that attempts were made by these parties to kill Tejashwi four times.
Earlier this week, a high drama unfolded in Bihar Assembly after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s intervention during leader of the opposition Tejashwi Yadav’s statement on the special intensive revision of electoral rolls triggered a heated exchange.The situation escalated quickly, prompting Speaker Nand Kishor Yadav to adjourn the proceedings till 2 pm, barely 30 minutes after the House had convened at 11 am.
The Speaker expressed disgust over the conduct of many opposition members, who used unparliamentary language, as also those on the ruling side, who refused to back down despite repeated requests.
The leader of the opposition, who was wearing a black T-shirt as a mark of protest against the Election Commission’s exercise in the state, was allowed by the Speaker to make a statement on the issue, which had evoked protests both inside and outside the House on Tuesday.
Before letting the RJD leader speak, the Speaker remarked, “Yesterday, some very unfortunate incidents took place. Some staff members of the House were also injured. Please ensure that nothing of the sort happens today”.
In his statement, the RJD leader said, “We are not opposed to the special intensive revision per se, but how the Election Commission has been carrying out the exercise is objectionable. Why so late, when elections are just around the corner? They could have conducted it a few months earlier”.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who seemed unhappy with the discussion being allowed on the issue, rose in his seat to intervene. “You are a child. You know nothing of matters like these. Only three days are left of this last session of the House. Let it conduct legislative business. Whatever rubbish you want to speak, you may do it to your heart’s content during elections”, Nitish said.
The 75-year-old, who has for the most part been a BJP ally, except for two short-lived alliances with the RJD-Congress combine, said, “When his (Yadav’s) parents were chief ministers, they did nothing, neither for the women, nor for
Muslims, nor for any other section of society.
The only woman who got something was his mother”.
