Jharkhand: Three BJP MLAs suspended over disrupting house; BJP walks out, submits memorandum to governor

Amid the buzz over historic suspension of Members of Parliament (MPs) from the upper and lower houses, as many as three MLAs of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) have been suspended in the Jharkhand state assembly on Tuesday, December 19.

According to the information received the suspension of the MLAs have been done following they allegedly disrupted the proceeding of the state assembly over issues pertaining to employment and contractual workers.

Earlier the BJP MLAs continued their protest outside and inside the state assembly over various issue including huge recovery from the premises linked to Congress MP, Dhiraj Sahu, employment policy of the state government and the status of contractual workers on the consecutive third day of the winter session of the assembly.

The BJP MLAs were also spotted holding placards against the incumbent Hemant Soren led state government over women security, employment policy and competitive exams. It’s been reported that soon after the commencement of the proceeding of the third day, the BJP MLAs started a protest on the floor of the house following which the speaker asked the marshal to escort as many as three BJP’s MLAs to outside of the house.

झारखंड के बेरोजगार युवाओं को रोजगार देने की मांग को लेकर हेमंत सरकार से जवाब मांगने पर मुख्य सचेतक श्री @biranchi36 जी, द्वय विधायक श्री @ShahiPratap और श्री @JPBPatelMLA जी को सदन से बाहर कर दिया गया, जिसके बाद भी तीनों भाजपा विधायकों ने सदन के दरवाजे पर भी युवाओं की आवाज को… pic.twitter.com/2qs6XAPgX9

— BJP JHARKHAND (@BJP4Jharkhand) December 19, 2023

According to the reports, BJP’s MLAs Biranchi Narayan, Bhanu Pratap Shahi and J B P Patel were then escorted out by the marshal. However, after being removed from the house the BJP’s MLAs then sat on a dharna near the gates of the state assembly and started sloganeering.

Meanwhile after the force removal of three of its MLAs the other members of the party boycotted the proceedings and chose to walk away. Speaking on the floor, Amar Kumar Bouri the leader of opposition in the Jharkhand state assembly said ‘that a number of groups are protesting against the lackluster policy of the government and when their subjects are being brought up here the government is not replying with clarity, if the government want to run an autocracy here then we would like to boycott the house.’

Further the LoP, Bouri also slammed the government through a post on the social media platform X. “If the Hemant government wants to demoralise our resolve through its exploiting policies then they should better try it. We will return them back, how long this government will run away, they have to fulfill what they have promised,” read the rough translation of Bouri’s post.

झारखंड के लाखों युवाओं को रोजगार देने, आंदोलनरत पारा शिक्षक, पंचायत स्वमसेवकों और छात्रों की बात करने पर हेमंत सरकार के द्वारा गोलमटोल बात किए जाने और युवाओं की आवाज बुलंद करने पर @BJP4Jharkhand विधायकों को निलंबित किए जाने के विरोध में सदन का बहिष्कार किया। pic.twitter.com/vm8lrk9VOe

— Amar Kumar Bauri (@amarbauri) December 19, 2023

In another post the LoP asserted ‘that a demand pertaining to appointment of youths had been raised by us in the house and when we tried to pressurize the government to hold a debate on that our MLAs were marshaled out. We cannot be a part of such agenda-driven procedure hence we chose to boycott it.’

BJP delegation submit memorandum to Governor

Later on a BJP delegation led by the state BJP president, Babu Lal Marandi and LoP, Amar Kumar Bouri also met with the governor, C.P Radhakrishnan and submitted a memorandum over alleged constitutional crisis, corruption and lackluster state of Law and order.

प्रदेश भाजपा अध्यक्ष श्री @yourBabulal जी और नेता प्रतिपक्ष श्री @amarbauri जी के नेतृत्व में भाजपा विधायकों के प्रतिनिधिमंडल ने महामहिम राज्यपाल को ज्ञापन सौंप कर झारखंड में उत्पन्न संवैधानिक संकट, लचर विधि व्यवस्था एवं भ्रष्टाचार के संबंध में अवगत कराया. pic.twitter.com/xLKoUYoq3N

— BJP JHARKHAND (@BJP4Jharkhand) December 19, 2023

It is pertinent to mention here that off late the opposition BJP has been trying to encircle the Hemant led government over issues pertaining to corruption, poor state of law and order, rising unemployment and crime against women in the tribal dominated state.