Bihar’s legislative halls echoed with unprecedented boldness as two ruling party MLAs, fresh off electoral victories, turned their guns on their own administration. On consecutive days in the budget session, BJP’s Maithili Thakur and JD(U)’s Komal Singh exposed glaring lapses in healthcare and sports facilities, refusing to accept pat replies.
First up was folk sensation Maithili Thakur, who clinched Alinagar in November after joining BJP. During question hour on Monday, she painted a grim picture of her local government hospital: a precariously leaning structure where patients, including expectant mothers and infants, receive treatment amid falling debris and leaks. ‘Why wait for a tragedy when health budgets keep rising?’ she challenged Health Minister Mangal Pandey.
The minister outlined ongoing approvals for new buildings and repairs for severely damaged ones, but Thakur interjected sharply: her hospital has languished on lists for years without progress. ‘Patients live in fear,’ she stressed, making a personal plea rooted in her long admiration for the minister’s work.
Days earlier, on February 3, Komal Singh, Muzaffarpur’s youngest MLA at 30, dismantled claims of a completed stadium in Jarang and Athwara panchayats. ‘No changing rooms, no tracks, no toilets—just school fields,’ she declared, rejecting the department’s report. Hailing from a prominent political family, her victory over RJD by over 23,000 votes marks her as a force to watch.
Minister Shreyasi Singh defended the 2021 project but pragmatically proposed inspections and fixes. The exchange ended on a note of promised action.
This duo’s debut performances reveal a new breed of legislators: passionate, unrelenting, and constituency-focused. In Bihar’s complex coalition politics, their stance could catalyze change or test party discipline.