PATNA, Feb. 12 -- After two days of unprecedented chaos that saw opposition members marshalled out en masse and the Upper House reduced to shouting matches, the Bihar legislative council finally returned to orderly proceedings on Wednesday.

Council chairman Awadhesh Narayan Singh, visibly disturbed by the previous sessions, opened the day with a strong rebuke. "I felt ashamed reading the newspapers this morning," he said. "Members using roadside language in this august House - it is unacceptable. We must maintain the dignity of the institution," said the chair, on Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) senior Abdul Bari Siddiqui's request to resolve the stalemate.

The calmer atmosphere allowed the council to take up a call attention motion moved by...