Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) lawmakers, wearing green T-shirts, protested both inside and outside the Assembly on Tuesday, causing a huge commotion in the Bihar Legislative Council.
In order to protect the 65 percent reservation scheme from court scrutiny, they insisted that it be included to the Ninth Schedule of the Indian Constitution.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar harshly criticized the protest, calling the movement “bogus.”
RJD activists rushed into the Assembly well as soon as the House proceedings started, shouting chants in favor of further reservations. Numerous lawmakers donned green T-shirts with slogans supporting the Ninth Schedule’s adoption of the 65 percent reservation provision.
In response to the demonstration, a furious Nitish Kumar said, “This is all a lie. It’s meaningless. Where else in the nation have you seen something like this?
“There is no other party in the country that behaves like this,” he said, further denouncing the RJD.
Rabri Devi, the former chief minister, was in the Legislative Council when Kumar made a scathing personal jab at her.
He made reference to her term, saying, “What does she care? It’s her husband’s party. She was appointed Chief Minister when her husband, Lalu Prasad, was dismissed from the position. Is there any significance to this? What is she doing? Have you seen something similar at any other gathering?
The comment caused the opposition benches to erupt once more.
“Have you seen such behaviour anywhere else in the country?” Kumar asked reporters stationed on the Legislative Council’s first floor.
“They are wearing T-shirts they never normally wear,” he said, making fun of the RJD’s outfit. All of this is false.
MLAs from the RJD and Left parties had earlier demonstrated outside the Bihar Assembly, calling for the adoption of a 65% quota based on the results of a caste-based census carried out by the previous Grand Alliance administration.
In order to protect the additional quota from court scrutiny, RJD MLAs urged that it be included to the Ninth Schedule of the Indian Constitution and donned green T-shirts with slogans supporting the idea.
