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The Bihar Assembly saw a heated debate between Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary and Opposition Leader Tejashwi Yadav over voter verification issues.
Bihar deputy CM Samrat Choudhary and Bihar LoP Tejashwi Yadav. (IANS)
The Bihar Assembly on Thursday witnessed a heated debate between Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary and Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav.
During the assembly’s monsoon session on Thursday, Tejashwi raised concerns about alleged irregularities in the voter verification process and Election Commission’s ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) ahead of state assembly polls.
The RJD leader questioned the government regarding an FIR filed against a journalist who claimed that BLOs are signing forms themselves during the process.
“There is fraud happening in voter verification. BLOs are signing themselves. Who are you to file FIR against journalists?” he said as quoted by news agency IANS.
Patna, Bihar: Responding to RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary says, “…What can someone say whose own father is a criminal?…” pic.twitter.com/qX5McXN1jI— IANS (@ians_india) July 24, 2025
This led to a verbal confrontation between him and Choudhary. The BJP leader responded with a personal attack and said, “Who are you? The one whose father is a criminal, what will he say? Get lost… you’re a lootera – lootera… what will he say?”
This comment caused uproar within the assembly, highlighting the deep-seated animosity between the two leaders.
In response, Tejashwi Yadav said, “If you speak too loudly, you’ll get wet.”
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar remained silent during the assembly proceedings. However, Tejashwi Yadav took a jibe at him by suggesting that people perceive JDU as becoming aligned with BJP interests.
To this, Choudhary defended his stance by saying that under Nitish Kumar’s leadership, Bihar has seen significant progress. He claimed that this development has made opposition members anxious and eager to criticise without basis.
BJP Planned Assault, Claims Tejashwi
Tejashwi Yadav also launched a scathing attack on NDA leaders alleging that the BJP members seemed to have planned an assault on him in advance.
“BJP MLA Janak Singh hurled expletives against me. Nobody stopped him. Later, Sanjay Singh charged in my direction and I was saved by my party colleagues,” Yadav claimed as quoted by news agency PTI while speaking to the reporters following the ruckus in the assembly.
He further slammed Choudhary and NDA MLAs for allegedly interrupting him while addressing the assembly today.
“During my speech in the assembly today, their ministers, Deputy CM, MLAs kept making statements in the middle. Today, it was proved that one deputy is a foul-mouthed and another is a loud-mouthed. I did not react even when my mother and father were abused,” he said as quoted by news agency ANI.
He further took a dig at Vijay Kumar Sinha, another deputy CM, over his statement that the RJD had “contract killings in its DNA and hence indulged in unruly behaviour”, saying that he is ready to surrender his licensed weapon. “The government can get me killed if that makes it happy,” he said.
“Yesterday, one of the deputy CMs was hurling abuses at us. Today, their leaders are doing the same. The BJP lacks the courage to face the truth. It is being seen for the first time that the ruling side is creating a ruckus. The opposition must ask questions,” he added.
Tejashwi Yadav Warns Of Poll Boycott
Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday reiterated that the parties in the Mahagathbandhan could boycott the upcoming elections in Bihar if the Election Commission’s voter roll revision in Bihar was not stopped.
“We are keeping the option of boycotting Bihar assembly polls open,” RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said, on the Special Intensive Revision row.
“When the winner in the election is already fixed, what is the use of conducting such an election?” he asked.
“Booth-level officers are putting their own signatures and thumb impressions, on behalf of voters, on enumeration forms. Blank forms are being used like waste paper,” he alleged.
“Independent journalists who point out these anomalies are getting slapped with FIRs. And the government is okay with all this because the EC is acting like a political tool of the ruling dispensation,” Yadav alleged.
On a question of him speaking to the other leaders, Tejashwi said, “We will speak to all leaders under the Mahagathbandhan.”
On Wednesday, too, Tejashwi Yadav had threatened to boycott the Bihar elections if the SIR exercise was not stopped.
(With inputs from agencies)
Shobhit Gupta is a sub-editor at News18.com and covers India and International news. He is interested in day to day political affairs in India and geopolitics. He earned his BA Journalism (Hons) degree from Ben…Read More
Shobhit Gupta is a sub-editor at News18.com and covers India and International news. He is interested in day to day political affairs in India and geopolitics. He earned his BA Journalism (Hons) degree from Ben… Read More
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