RLJP MPs meet governor Phagu Chauhan, seek President's Rule in Bihar

PATNA: A delegation of senior leaders of Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party (RLJP), led by Union minister Pashupati Kumar Paras, on Saturday called on Bihar governor Phagu Chauhan at Raj Bhavan and submitted a memorandum demanding imposition President's Rule in the state in the wake of deteriorating law and order scenario as well as the recent death of "nearly 80 persons" in three districts due to consumption of spurious liquor.
The party also demanded judicial inquiry into the hooch deaths in different districts, especially in Saran.
The delegation urged the governor to send its memorandum to the President of India with a request for imposition of President's Rule in the state.
The governor reportedly assured the delegation that his office would forward the party's memorandum to the appropriate authorities.
"Paras will also call on President Droupadi Murmu in New Delhi with the delegation of his party's Lok Sabha members to seek imposition of President's Rule in Bihar," RLJP national spokesperson Sharvan Kumar Agarwal said, adding that his party would soon seek an appointment from the President.
The prominent RLJP leaders who went to the Raj Bhavan included party state president and Samastipur MP Prince Raj, its parliamentary board chairperson and Vaishali MP Veena Devi, national vice-president Surajbhan Singh, MLC Bhushan Kumar, state's secretary general Keshav Singh and Dalit Sena state president Ambika Prasad Binoo.
The RLJP, which is an ally of the BJP, has total four Lok Sabha members in Bihar. Its three MPs - Paras, Prince and Veena -- were present during meeting with the governor. Another party MP, Mehboob Ali Kaiser (Khagaria), was conspicuous by his absence. Earlier on Friday, the party had said its all four MPs would go to the Raj Bhavan to submit memorandum. Earlier in the day, the RLJP workers led by its state president Prince Raj, staged a daylong dharna at the party's state headquarters to highlight the state government's failure in checking the sale and distribution of spurious liquor, leading to death of "nearly 80 people" in three districts in the recent days.