Noisy scenes in Bihar Assembly for third day in a row

Opposition members created noisy scenes in the Assembly for the third consecutive day today forcing adjournment of the House till noon.
They created a ruckus over an alleged scam in which thousands of tonnes of paddy were transported on motorcycles in three years since 2011-12.
Temper rose at the Question Hour when Bhai Virendra of the RJD sought to know why only 15 per cent of the allocated amount was spent in the Second Agricultural Roadmap during the first six months of 2017-18.
Of the 15 per cent, Agriculture Minister Prem Kumar replied, 11 per cent had been spent only during the 4 months of the NDA government in the state.

Following this, opposition members rose on their feet and protested vociferously.
RJD MLA Ramanuj Prasad later asked what action was taken against those guilty in the paddy scam in which hundreds of bags of paddy were allegedly transported by motorcycles

He asked whether the Special Investigating Team constituted to go into this scam, that took place during 2011-14, had found the allegation true, and if yes, what action had so far been taken against the guilty.
Bhola Yadav of the RJD interjected that Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi had got a book published on transportation of fodder by scooters during the fodder scam.

To this, Modi said "It is for the opposition to get a book published on any similar scam".
Following the intervention of the Patna High Court, 15,000 FIRs had been filed in the Rs 4,000 crore paddy scam, RJD's Atri Muni alias Shakti Singh Yadav said amid noisy scenes.
It was alleged that bags of paddy were taken out of mills and sold to open market instead of sending the bags to government godown.
He wanted to know why no action had so far been taken against the guilty officials and other accused persons.
Shakti Singh Yadav also demanded that a joint committee of the House be set up to go into the matter.

As he was pressing for the demand, opposition members rushed into the well of the House and started raising slogans against the government.
Speaker Vijay Kumar Choudhary, thereafter, adjourned the House till 12 pm.
When the House re-assembled, the Speaker read out obituary reference to Anand Bhushan Pandey, sitting BJP MLA of Bhabua, the news about whose death was received today.
The House was then adjourned for the day.