RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav (File photo)
PATNA: The opposition Grand Alliance in Bihar on Sunday declared it would boycott the upcoming budget session of state assembly and lay siege to residences of the chief minister and his deputies if proceedings of the house were curtailed in the name of facilitating Covid-19 vaccination.
The announcement was made by RJD de facto leader Tejashwi Yadav after a meeting with delegates of Congress, CPI(ML), CPI and CPM which together constitute the opposition coalition helmed by his party. We met the speaker yesterday. He had suggested that the budget session, normally held in March, be advanced and the proceedings which often last for a month or so, be wrapped up in a few days. The reason stated by him was possible vaccination drive for Covid-19 in March , Yadav told reporters.