RJD and Congress legislators at a joint protest on the assembly premises on Thursday
PATNA: The budget session of the state legislature, which started on February 19, has seen members of opposition parties adopting novel ways to protest frequent rise in prices of petrol, diesel and LPG cylinders.
The opposition legislators are also highlighting the problems faced by farmers and their nationwide agitation against the three farm laws enacted by the Centre.
Leader of opposition in state assembly Tejashwi Prasad Yadav took to the unique way of highlighting the problems of farmers. On February 22, when deputy CM-cum-finance minister Tarkishore Prasad was to present the state budget in the state assembly, Tejashwi, accompanied by his two staff, started from his official residence for the assembly driving a tractor to show his support to the farmers’ agitation and protest against the rise in prices of petrol, diesel and LPG cylinders. The image immediately went viral on the social me
Bihar deputy chief minister and state finance minister Tar Kishore Prasad
Deputy chief minister and state finance minister Tar Kishore Prasad presents Bihar Budget 2021. Here are the highlights: Call centres to be established to ensure door-step treatment for animals. Mobile apps will also be launched to ensure the same. All villages to have solar street lights. Rs 250 crores allocated to build links roads in rural areas. Budget allocates Rs 90 crore for old-age homes. Govt to give Rs 25,000 to unmarried women on passing intermediate exams and Rs 50,000 after they have completed their bachelor s exam. Govt has approved 1,15, 116 applications for students credit card scheme.
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MOTIHARI: Nine of the 12 named accused in Nepal girl’s rape and murder case under Kundawa Chainpur police station surrendered in the court of additional chief judicial magistrate of Motihari on Saturday. Main accused Siyaram Saha and his son Vinay Saha were arrested on February 3. One accused is still on the run.
East Champaran SP Navin Chandra Jha said the nine accused were sent to jail. They would be taken on remand for interrogation.
The 12-year-old Nepal girl was gang-raped on January 21 by four persons, including Vinay and his father Siyaram, in whose house at Kundawa Chainpur market the victim lived on rent with her family and the crime was committed. Later, the girl was strangled and her body was burned on January 21 night after keeping her parents and brother hostage in her rented room.
PATNA: Bihar s water resources minister Sanjay Kumar Jha on Sunday said that the Centre has no plan to shift the Ganga Flood Control Commission (GFCC) headquarters from Patna to Lucknow, the capital of BJP-ruled state Uttar Pradesh. I personally spoke to the Union Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat after the news about the shifting of the GFCC headquarters to Lucknow. The Union minister categorically clarified they neither have any such proposal nor intent, Jha told TOI.
Jha also revealed that Bihar CM Nitish Kumar was very much concerned over the clandestine plan of a GFCC official to shift the office to Lucknow. “The CM is maintaining a close watch on the development related to the GFCC,” he said and added Bihar would oppose any move to shift the GFCC head office.