Gopalganj triple murder case: RJD demands special House session

PATNA: A high-voltage political drama unfolded in Patna on Friday as leader of opposition Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, his elder brother Tej Pratap and mother Rabri Devi along with all RJD MLAs were stopped from leaving for Gopalganj to meet the family of RJD man JP Yadav, whose parents and brother were shot dead on Monday night.
Kochaikot MLA Amarendra Pandey’s elder brother Satish Pandey and his son Mukesh Pandey have been arrested in connection with the triple murder while the MLA is evading arrest.All three have been named in the FIR filed by Yadav.
After nearly two hours of uproar at Rabri Devi’s 10 Circular Road residence here, Tejashwi, Tej Pratap and RJD state president Jagdanand Singh met Speaker Vijay Kumar Choudhary at the state assembly and demanded a three- day special session on the issues of deteriorating law and order and the plight of migrant workers in the state. The RJD leaders were initially denied permission to meet the speaker.
“We demand a three day special session after June 1 to discuss the deteriorating law and order in the state, failure of government to tackle Covid-19, pathetic condition of quarantine centres, the Gopalganj massacre and other murders in the state,” read the memorandum submitted to the speaker.
Earlier in the day, Tejashwi along with his party MLAs gathered outside former CM Rabri Devi’s official residence to leave for Gopalganj. He had on Thursday announced a protest march demanding the arrest of the JDU MLA, who is named in Sunday’s triple murder case.
Heavy police force was deployed since morning outside 10 Circular Road even as RJD supporters raised slogans against the government. Tejashwi then went live on social media in his car and criticised the government for not allowing him and his party leaders from marching to Gopalganj.
Tejashwi said, “One habitual criminal is being protected and this government is not letting me go to Gopalganj in solidarity with people, which shows they are supporting the criminal. They are not even letting me go to Vidhan Sabha. Being an opposition leader, it is my right to go to the assembly and meet the speaker.”
Jagdanand Singh, who was sitting in the same car also criticised the government. “For the first time in my political career, I am seeing that an opposition leader is being denied entry to Vidhan Sabha. It is surprising that opposition leader has to take permission for this too.”
Patna DM Kumar Ravi said inter-district movement is not allowed amid lockdown for any political activity.