MLA Abdul Hai Payami, Deceased Bihar MLA Receives Invitation To Attend PM Modi's Function

In a bizarre incident, a deceased Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) received an invitation to attend the event of Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi.

The Indian National Congress (INC) workers in this north Bihar district were bewildered when an invitation, to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi's function in the state capital, arrived in the name of a deceased leader. Notably, the invitee, Abdul Hai Payami, had represented the Laukaha assembly segment in the 1980s and he breathed his last four years ago, in 2018.

Responding to the invitation, Ms. Sheetalambar Jha, the District President of the INC said, "We were taken aback when the invitation card arrived in the name of Payami sahib. Vidhan Sabha authorities must be aware that he is no more."

Meanwhile, the Vidhan Sabha secretariat said that "all sitting and former MLAs and MLCs" have been invited to the function being held as part of the centenary of assembly premises.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, they however conceded that the inclusion of a deceased person in the list of invitees, which had been approved by the Special Protection Group, was a "serious lapse."

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