BJP for CBI probe

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, MAY 12. The cold-blooded killing of labourers in Bihar led the Janata Dal (United) MPs in the Lok Sabha to demand the immediate sacking of the Rabri Devi Government, forcing a 90- minute adjournment immediately after question hour. As some of the ``allies'' of the main ruling party rushed into the well of the House, and the uproar showed no sign of dying down, the Speaker, Mr. G. M. C. Balayogi, adjourned the House.

If the Opposition parties registered their protest against the killing of Dalits in Uttar Pradesh a few days ago, it was the turn of the BJP's allies to criticise the absence of law and order in Bihar today.

Outside the House, the BJP's immediate reaction to the report on the killings was that the Congress(I), which is supporting the Rashtriya Janata Dal Government in the State, must be held responsible for the ``reinstallation of jungle raj in Bihar''.

Demanding a CBI inquiry, the BJP spokesperson, Mr. M. Venkaiah Naidu, charged the Opposition with playing politics over the death of innocents. When some Dalits were killed in Uttar Pradesh, they were quick to make a noise but when it came to Bihar, the Opposition was silent.

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