Archive · 10 Aug 2026
Jharkhand Speaker Questions Absence of BJP MLAs from Assembly
In the state of Jharkhand in India, people called MLAs are chosen to meet in the assembly to ask questions and make decisions for everyone.
Rabindra Nath Mahato is the Speaker, the person who keeps the assembly meetings fair and organized.
On Monday, the Speaker noticed that some MLAs from the BJP political party were not at the meeting.
Those MLAs were supposed to ask questions during a part of the meeting called Question Hour.
The Speaker said it is not good practice to plan to ask questions and then not show up.
The missing MLAs said they were outside the Chief Minister's house, protesting about problems with a government job exam.
They said police took them to a guest house, so they could not go to the assembly.
The Chief Minister, Hemant Soren, is the leader of the state, and his house was surrounded by the protesters.
The session of the assembly started on August 6, and the Speaker wants everyone to follow the rules so the state can run well.
Jharkhand assembly Speaker Rabindra Nath Mahato said the absence of BJP MLAs who planned to raise questions was not good parliamentary practice.
On the third day of the Monsoon session, Mahato named BJP MLAs Nagendra Mahto, Chandreswar Prasad Singh and Raj Sinha during Question Hour.
BJP legislators had gheraoed the residence of Chief Minister Hemant Soren over alleged recruitment exam irregularities and were subsequently detained by police.
Ranchi MLA Chandreswar Prasad Singh said police detained the leaders around 10.30 am and lodged them at a guest house in Khelgaon, Hotwar.
The Monsoon session began on August 6, and the supplementary budget for the 2026-27 fiscal was tabled in the House on August 7.
- Who
- Jharkhand assembly Speaker Rabindra Nath Mahato, BJP MLAs Nagendra Mahto, Chandreswar Prasad Singh and Raj Sinha, and Chief Minister Hemant Soren
- What
- The Speaker criticized BJP MLAs for being absent after planning to ask questions; the MLAs were detained after protesting alleged recruitment exam irregularities.
- When
- Monday, August 10, the third day of the assembly's Monsoon session
- Where
- Jharkhand assembly in Ranchi, the Chief Minister's residence, and a guest house in Khelgaon, Hotwar
- Why
- The BJP MLAs were protesting alleged irregularities in the recruitment examination and were detained by police, preventing them from attending the House.
Speaker's View
BJP MLAs' View
Absence from Question Hour
Speaker's View
Raising questions in the House and then not attending proceedings is not good practice in the parliamentary system.
BJP MLAs' View
Circumstances arising from protests over alleged recruitment exam irregularities forced the MLAs to remain absent; they were detained by police around 10.30 am and lodged at a guest house, making attendance impossible.
- Speaker
- Rabindra Nath Mahato
- Chief Minister
- Hemant Soren
- Absent BJP MLAs
- Nagendra Mahto, Chandreswar Prasad Singh, Raj Sinha
- Event
- Question Hour, third day of the Monsoon session, House assembled at 11 am
- Monsoon session began
- August 6
- Supplementary budget tabled
- August 7, for the 2026-27 fiscal
- Reason for absence
- Detention after gheraoing the CM's residence over alleged recruitment exam irregularities
- Detention details
- Around 10.30 am; leaders lodged at a guest house in Khelgaon, Hotwar