Patna, Jul 21: Opposition legislators of Bihar on Tuesday staged protests outside the Assembly and Legislative Council against the police action on agitators in Delhi’s Jantar Mantar.
The opposition legislators, wearing black armbands as a sign of protest, staged demonstrations outside both Houses of the Bihar legislature.
“The students were marching peacefully in Delhi. The manner in which the brutal lathi-charge was carried out and tear gas shells were fired is a blot on democracy,” RJD MLA Chandrashekhar Yadav told reporters here.
Yadav sought the resignation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
“This government, which is against democracy and the Constitution, must go. This corrupt government, which sells the country to a few industrialists, has no right to rule India,” he added.
CPI(ML) MLC Shashi Yadav also sought accountability from the Union government.
“PM Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah must answer to the nation as to why such a brutal lathi-charge was carried out,” she said.
RJD MLC Qari Sohaib alleged that many civil dress-clad people, who were not police personnel, used batons to beat the students at the protest site.
“Many people suffered injuries. Apart from the police, many people associated with the BJP and the RSS used batons to beat up the protesting students,” he alleged. (PTI)
