Ruckus ensued at an event presided over by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar where he was heckled by a group while inaugurating the Delhi chapter of the Bihar Foundation on Saturday.

Mr. Kumar, however, remained unfazed and chose to get on with the show dismissing the episode as a publicity stunt.

As soon as he rose to speak at the event, held at the Shri Ram Centre, over a dozen youths began to shout slogans protesting against the alleged poor law and order in Bihar and waved placards prompting Mr. Kumar to comment that they were acting in line with a pre-planned strategy.

Mr. Kumar questioned whether the event, which was held to honour the Bihar diaspora based in the Capital for their respective contributions to the state during the ‘Pravasi Bihari Samman Puraskar 2014’, needed to be reduced to an opportunity to practice politics.

The youths shouted slogans against Mr. Kumar and waved “Nitish Go Back” placards while some of them raised slogans against the alleged physical torture and rape of women at Parbatta in Khagaria district recently.

However, the organisers of the event immediately pushed the youths away after a minor a scuffle. Later the police came and put the group under detention.

Mr. Kumar ruled out any “political” motive behind the event of the Foundation saying it aims at connecting with the migrant population of the State living across the country and taking them to their roots.

“There is some disease, which does not go away. This will take time to go. Is this the occasion to do politics? Time for politics has come in Bihar. We will fight it out there,” Mr. Kumar said.

“Whoever comes in the government, will he not honour people of Bihari diaspora, who are doing good work? At least the occasion should be chosen with proper thought. It’s like protesting in one’s house when there is an occasion for some social function. This means that those protesting have no attachment with this entire event and do not share the sentiments (of Biharis),” Mr. Kumar added.