Bihar: BJP suspends MLC who assaulted fellow woman leader inside Assembly
BJP MLA Neeraj Kumar Singh Bablu rained blows on party MLC Lal Babu Prasad in the Legislative Council premises on Wednesday after Bablu's wife Nutan Singh, a Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) MLC, complained to him about Prasad sexually harassing her.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLC Lal Babu Prasad who is in the eye of storm for assaulting a fellow woman legislator Nutan Singh inside the lobby of the Bihar Legislative Council has been suspended by the state unit. Cracking down further, the party has also removed him from the post of vice president.
BJP MLA Neeraj Kumar Singh Bablu rained blows on party MLC Lal Babu Prasad in the Legislative Council premises on Wednesday after Bablu's wife Nutan Singh, a Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) MLC, complained to him about Prasad sexually harassing her.
HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED:
- MLC Nutan Singh complained to her husband BJP MLA Niraj Kumar Singh Bablu about BJP MLC Lal Babu Prasad harassing her.
- An infuriated Neeraj Singh thrashed Prasad in the presence of some other legislators inside the Assembly.
- Soon after the incident, Nutan Singh and her husband Neeraj Singh reported the matter to the Chairman of the Bihar Legislative Council asking him take action against the guilty BJP MLC but senior BJP leader and former deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi intervened and tried to sort the matter amicably.
- The initiative of Sushil Modi worked momentarily as all the parties involved in the incident denied any incident having taken place.
- Ruling party leaders like deputy CM Tejaswi Yadav, however, raised the issue, slamming the BJP of skirting the issue of a woman MLC being sexually assaulted by their own leader.
- Embarrassed by the incident, BJP state unit leadership called both Lal Babu Prasad and Neeraj Kumar to discuss the matter but to no avail.
- Taking action against Lalu Babu, the party removed him from the post of vice president of Bihar BJP and also suspended him.
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