While the RJD-led Opposition continued to assault the Nitish Kumar authorities over the “draconian” Bihar Special Armed Police Bill, 2021, Bihar DGP S Ok Singhal and Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Chaitanya Prasad defended the federal government saying the laws could have a “limited role” as it’ll “only be applicable” to airports, historic websites and important installations.
The Bill seeks to transform the prevailing Bihar Military Police (BMO) right into a particular armed drive on the traces of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).
At a press convention on Thursday, the Bihar DGP, flanked by the Additional Chief Secretary (Home) and Bihar Military Police DG R S Bhatti, mentioned the proposed regulation has made it clear that if anybody is arrested by the particular drive, she or he can be instantly handed over to the district police which could have powers to research as common.
Chaitanya Prasad mentioned the brand new drive might be stationed at Gaya and Darbhanga airports.
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Earlier, Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Prasad Yadav mentioned the legislators’ protest towards the “draconian” regulation was not unprecedented. “What was unprecedented was the brutal and shameless manner the police used its power to get its own Bill passed… The CM has been decrying Opposition protests. Let me remind him that Karpoori Thakur as Leader of Opposition in 1986 had protested for three days and even slept outside the Assembly in protest against a Bill brought by the then Congress government, which did not resort to police excess against the Opposition as the Nitish Kumar government did against us”.
RJD’s Ramgarh MLA Sudharkar Singh, one of many 12 legislators dragged and marshalled out, advised The Indian Express, “We wanted the Bill to be sent to select committee… but the government got it passed bypassing an Opposition that has 110 MLAs against the government’s 127.” Singh demanded the scrapping of Section 7 of the proposed regulation that provides powers of arrest with out warrant and Justice of the Peace’s permission. “We also want scrapping of Section 15 that says a court cannot take cognisance if a special armed police officer is involved in a serious case barring some exceptions.”
