Ruckus in Bihar Assembly over bride remark

PATNA: Haryana BJP leader O.P. Dhankhar’s controversial remarks about getting brides from Bihar for Haryana youth sparked strong protests in Bihar Assembly on Monday and prompted a judicial petition and summons against Mr Dhankhar from the Bihar Women’s Commission.

MLAs of JD(U), RJD and Congress got together in slamming Mr Dhankhar and the BJP.

However, BJP leader Sushil Modi defended Mr Dhankar saying his remarks were ‘misconstructed”. “Three daughters of Lalu Prasad Yadav are married to men in Haryana. Is Haryana outside India?” said Mr Modi.