Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar exploded in anger at leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Prasad Yadav in the Assembly on Friday following his stinging attack over criminal cases, including a three-decade-old murder case.

“He is talking nonsense. He is lying. He is the son of a friend who is like a brother to me so I keep tolerating him. I do not say anything. Who made his father (Lalu Prasad) the leader of Lok Dal legislature party? Does he know?” a furious Nitish asked.

The chief minister, who was screaming at the top of his voice, took everybody by surprise by his sudden rage.

Legislators belonging to the Opposition Grand Alliance, especially the Rashtriya Janata Dal, sprang up from their seats and created a din, but he did not stop at this and continued in the same vein.

By this time MLAs of the ruling NDA also stood up, shouting in support of Nitish. In no time, the members of the Opposition and the treasury benches trooped into the well, shouting and gesturing menacingly at each other.

They almost came to blows before marshals intervened. This forced Speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha to adjourn the session for half-an-hour.