The Opposition has slammed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for all the bad things happening in Bihar and accused some of his legislators for patronising the heinous crimes including the recent murder of former mayor of Muzaffarpur and the smuggling of AK-47 weapons.
Leader of opposition Tejashwi Prasad Yadav said, “The criminals of Sushasan are selectively killing traders with AK-47 and Nitish government has totally surrendered before the criminals.” He also alleged that one JD(U) MLA was involved in the smuggling of AK-47, without revealing his name, and challenged the CM to take action and expel the MLA from the party. “The CM has no courage to take action against his Bahubali legislator,” he alleged.
In another tweet Tejashwi accused Nitish of the leader of the party of dreaded criminals. “During the past two months his 2 MLCs and one MLA are involved in murder of the leaders of opposition parties. One MLA is in the smuggling of AK-47 and they are also involved in murder, rape and bootlegging. When they are caught Rs Naitik’ (moral) Kumar protect them,” he said.
“In 1947 India got its freedom to be a sovereign country. Today Bihar has got its freedom to use AK-47 freely. Thank you Nitishji for letting ur MLAs blatantly using AK-47 for good(?) governance, Bihar has truly seen AK-47 terror under ur continuous watch for 13 years,” his tweet reads.
RLSP leader and Union Minister of State Upendra Kushwaha also accused Nitish of failing to check worsening law and order. In his tweet two days back he said, “Yesterday the body of abducted trader was found and today the body of a bank manager kidnapped from Nalanda was found in the jungles of Koderma………In this situation neither Narendra Modi nor Nitish Kumar will win…. I am afraid the NOTA may get majority in next election in Bihar.”
The Nitish Government has come under sharp attack from both rivals and allies over law and order where some recent murder after abduction were reported and some high profile murders took place that too with AK-47 rifle.
The large scale recovery of AK-47 rifles and its parts from Munger recently has also put a question mark on the governance and policing. The high level meetings by the CM with top brass of police and civil administration hardly yielded a result or made a difference. Deputy CM Sushil Kumr Modi was even heard urging the criminals to stop their activities at least for a fortnight during Pind-dan in Gaya when devotees from outside and abroad come.
The defence by the JD(U) leaders was even more laughable. Bihar JD(U) spokesman Ajay Alok said, “The criminals to Tejashwi will be taken to task,” while referring to an incident of Nawada where a mahadalit woman was killed and JD(U) accused RJD men as assailants.
Senior JD(U) leader K C Tyagi alleged that during Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi regimes the ransom money after kidnappings were finalised at the CM residence. He also disagreed with Sushil Modi’s appeal to the criminals and said instead the Deputy CM should come down heavily on the criminals with harsh warning and rule of law.