Amid the ruckus by the Opposition BJP, the second supplementary budget of Rs 8,111.77 crore for 2023-24 was tabled in Jharkhand Assembly on Monday.
As the House assembled around 11am, saffron party legislators trooped into the well of the House, raising slogans against the Hemant Soren-led JMM government in the state.
The Opposition, led by the BJP chief whip Biranchi Narayan, demanded a debate on the recovery of unaccounted cash from the premises linked to Congress MP Dhiraj Sahu and ED summons to chief minister Hemant Soren.
Leader of the Opposition, Amar Bauri, said the issues of cash haul, ED summons and deteriorating law and order were the state’s burning issues.
“The chief minister took the oath of office and secrecy. He should honour the summons of a central probe agency. The way he is avoiding the central agency is not a good example. We want a debate in the House about why this government should not go and why shouldn’t the chief minister resign from his post?” Bauri said.
Replying to this, parliamentary affairs minister Alamgir Alam said the Opposition was doing politics by raising issues which were not a matter of discussion in the House.
“It is a family business of Sahu but only his name is being raised. Income-tax department has not submitted any official statement on the recovery and raids, but the BJP is raising the issue,” he said.
“As far as ED summons are concerned, the chief minister is replying to the probe agency,” he said.
Speaker Rabindra Nath Mahto said the House should avoid issues which are not linked to the Assembly.
When the House resumed at 12.36pm amid uproarious scenes by the Opposition, finance minister Rameshwar Oraon tabled the second supplementary budget for 2023-24.
Out of the Rs 8,111.77-crore supplementary budget, major share of Rs 1,413.34 crore has been allocated to the rural works department, Rs 1,403 crore to the drinking water and sanitation department and Rs 1,099.3 crore to the rural development department.