Women legislators have their say in Bihar assembly

Women legislators finally had their say in Bihar assembly on Women's Day today following intervention of chief minister Nitish Kumar today.

Soon after the end of zero-hour, ruling BJP MLA Usha Vidyarthy wanted to know about the fate of her request to the assembly secretariat seeking permission to raise a question demanding a statement from the government on the alleged misbehaviour with journalists at Bihta, on the outskirts of the state capital, recently.

When the speaker refused to entertain her request, Vidyarthy said while the entire nation was celebrating Women's Day, "we are being ignored here".

Chief minister Nitish Kumar, who present in the house, soon intervened and requested the chair to allow the women legislators to have their say and raise the matter.

The speaker then relaxed the rules and allowed the BJP MLA to raise her question during zero-hour.

Then one by one, four more women legislators Poonam Devi, Asha Devi, Muni Devi and Usha Sinha raised questions about some problems in their respective constituencies.

After allowing the women legislators to raise the issues during zero-hour, the speaker said he had respected the sentiments of the members but "such requests won't be entertained in future".