Law Kumar Mishra
Patna, February 11
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is being hit harsher by the leaders of alliance partner, BJP than the opposition RJD.
Speaker of Bihar legislative assembly and senior BJP leader Vijay Kumar Sinha dismissed the claim of Chief Minister on good governance, rule of law and prohibition and claimed they were false as corruption was rampant.
Nitish Mishra, another senior BJP leader and former cabinet colleague of Nitish Kumar on Friday announced he would launch dharna (sit in) at Jhanjharpur, his assembly constituency on February 23
Nitish Mishra, who is also Vice President of the BJP said he had requested the Chief Secretary, Amir Subhani and his predecessor, Tripurari Sharan for measures to remove waterlogging in his constituency’s Kaithaniya railway crossing several times. “I met the district magistrate of Madhubani many a times, but he remained indifferent. The Railways completed their part of job by constructing sub-way in 2020, but DM has totally ignored my repeated requests”. He is son of Bihar’s three times Chief Minister Jagannath Mishra.
The severest criticism of the Chief Minister came at Lakhisarai,125 kms from here on Thursday evening, when speaker and local BJP MLA, Vijay Kumar Sinha alleged corrupt police officers who were charged with being in league with sand and liquor mafia have been given field postings. He even accused the district SP with encouraging violation of prohibition by entering into deal with 100 liquor traders and alleged SP was fooling the government by nabbing five and allow 100.
Sinha, who is also a former minister said there was no rule of law. Innocents are being arrested and cited the case of one of the BJP workers, Gautam Mahto who was sent to jail as he refused to pay Rs 50000 as bribe demanded by the officer in charge who forced him to sign on blank paper and snatched his mobile too.
Sinha alleged organiser and the leader who had organised a vulgar entertainment programme was spared and the police arrested two viewers, both booth level party workers. “Where is rule of law, when innocents are jailed and criminals given freehand,” Speaker said directly referring to the claim of Nitish Kumar that his government was for no tolerance to crime and corruption. Speaker regretted morale of the criminals was going higher.
Last week, state BJP President Sanjay Jaiswal too had issued statements on alleged failure of prohibition and deteriorating law and order. The former Union Minister and BJP MP, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, has alleged the state government failed in using the Central Government grants for different projects.
BJP has 74 MLAs and JDU 43 in Bihar assembly.
