India, Aug. 10 -- Jharkhand assembly Speaker Rabindra Nath Mahato on Monday questioned the absence of BJP legislators from the House, saying raising queries and then not attending the proceedings was "not considered good practice in the parliamentary system".

As the House assembled at 11 am on the third day of the Monsoon session, Mahato called out the names of BJP MLAs Nagendra Mahto, Chandreswar Prasad Singh and Raj Sinha to raise their queries during the Question Hour.

However, when there was no response from the legislators, the speaker remarked, "Raising questions in the House and then not attending the proceedings is not considered good practice in the parliamentary system.

Later, Ranchi MLA Singh said circumstances arising out o...