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"If Kashmir does not concern Bihar, is Iraq an integral part of Bihar that the state assembly passed a unanimous resolution condemning America?" asked an agitated BJP legislator in the House on Tuesday.
He was angry over the refusal of the treasury bench to pass a resolution condemning the massacre of 24 "Kashmiri Hindu Brahmins".
The resolution for condemning the killings in Kashmir moved in the assembly by BJP legislators Ashwini Choubey, Chandra Mohan Rai and others met with stiff opposition from the ruling RJD.
At one stage, BJP members snatched the writing pads from reporters in the well of the House even as RJD members entered the well protesting against their behaviour. Had a few senior MLAs not intervened, they would have clashed. Deputy Speaker Bhola Prasad Singh was virtually jeered when he ruled that he could not allow discussion on the issues which did not relate to Bihar.
Ironically, the state assembly had passed a unanimous resolution against the war in Iraq. The House had to be adjourned twice during the pre-lunch session on the issue and BJP members staged a dharna before the Speaker's chamber demanding that a resolution be passed against the massacre in Kashmir.
The issue cropped up immediately after the House assembled for the day. BJP members displayed placards demanding a resolution condemning the Kashmir killings. "The House has passed a resolution against the war in Iraq. A similar resolution should be moved on Kashmir. After the Godhra incident, political parties did not condemn it in strong words," remarked Sushil Kumar Modi.
The state legislative council also
rejected the plea of a BJP member to incorporate condemnation of Kashmir
killings in Iraqi resolution.
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