A delegation of BJP legislators on Tuesday called on Governor Ramnath Kovind and urged him to convene a high level meeting in the wake of the rising crime in Bihar and acquaint the Centre about the situation.
The four page memorandum, the leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly Prem Kumar submitted to the Governor listed all the criminal incidents occurred during the past four months and said there was a reign of terror in the State with politicians of ruling alliance were indulging all sorts of crime and hardcore criminals with political backing were calling the shots from behind the bars.
The memorandum said that crime graph started rising since the formation of the three parties alliance Government but the situation got worsened during the last few months when a number of cases came up in which ruling alliance lawmakers had direct involvement. It cited the case of the murder of businessman’s son in Gaya by the son of JD(U) MlC, rape of a minor by an RJD MlA, misbehavior with a lady passenger in train by JD(U) MlA, abduction of a girl allegedly at the behest of a Congress MlA and others. It also contained cases of some political killings and other crimes like murder of three engineers in Darbhanga.
The BJP leaders alleged that the State Government has utterly failed in fulfilling its duties and providing relief to the people. They said the police has been pressed into service only to check the liquor bottles from the passengers and enforce prohibition leaving aside their prime duties of maintaining law and order.