Former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi requested the state government to provide special arrangements, including a separate room for RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, at the newly-allotted government residence at 39 Harding Road in Patna citing his health condition.
The security review has widened into a larger political dispute, with the RJD linking the move to the ongoing controversy over the family's Patna residence.
The fight over Patna's high-profile 10 Circular Road residence has turned into a political flashpoint, with both the NDA and RJD digging in over the government's eviction notice.
According to the official communication, Rabri Devi has already been assigned another government accommodation in her capacity as the Leader of Opposition in the Bihar Legislative Council.
Before allotting the property to Nand Kishore Ram, the department earlier issued a notice to Rabri Devi, currently serving as the Leader of Opposition in the Bihar Legislative Council.
Speaker Vijay Sinha asked them to resume to their seats and let the House function but as they did not pay heed, he directed the marshals to take them away.
Despite Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Assembly Speaker Vijay Sinha reaching a "compromise", RJD demanded an apology from the former in both the Assembly and the Legislative Council.
The RJD, headed by Lalu Prasad, is now confident to nominate both its candidates to the Upper House of the Parliament.
This is for the first time in the history of the RJD which was formed in 1997 that Shahabuddin has been kept out of the party’s executive.
She staged a sit-in protest for hours outside the residence. Later, she was joined by her her father Chandrika Rai, former Minister and senior RJD leader, and mother Purnima Rai.
