Summary:
Ranchi, Sep 6 (PTI) Ruckus by the opposition BJP over allotment of a room for offering namaz and protests over the state"s employment policy stoppped Jharkhand Assembly from transacting any substantial business for the second day of its monsoon session on Monday.
Opposition BJP demanded adjournment motion to discuss the two issues.
The ruckus forced two adjournments in the pre-noon session and the House adjourned for the day at about 3.15 pm after Finance Minister Rameshwar Oraon presented the Rs 4684.93 crore supplementary budget amid noisy scenes.
The Question Hour too was disrupted by slogans like "Jai Shri Ram", "Niyojan Niti Wapas Lo" (recall employment policy) and "Hindi Virodhi Sarkar" (government is opposed to Hindi) bny BJP.
The BJP legislators had moved an adjournment motion at the beginning of the question hour demanding cancellation of allotment of a room in the Assembly for offering Namaz, inclusion of Hindi, Sanskrit, Magahi, Bhojpuri and Angika in the list of regional languages ??mentioned in the employment policy and reservation for 10 years in the appointment of Class III and IV staff for the state service.
As soon as the House re-assembled for the post lunch session BJP MLAs including Bhanu Pratap Shahi and C P Singh demanded adjournment motion objecting to discussion on inflation alone as the Business Advisory Committee had agreed to take up discussion on employment policy too.