Tejashwi Yadav slams Nitish govt over murders in Bihar
RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday launched a blistering assault on the Nitish Kumar authorities in Bihar, accusing it of “protecting” the alleged perpetrators of a few high-profile murders that passed off in the state in the final couple of days. Addressing a press convention right here, the chief of the opposition sought to position the federal government in the dock over the killing of an RTI activist cum freelance journalist in Madhubani and the husband of a district councillor in Purnea, the latter incident being blamed on the shut relative of a minister.
Rintu Singh, whose spouse is a member of the Zila Parishad in Purnea, was shot lifeless by unidentified assailants on Friday evening, and bereaved relations have named a nephew of minister Lesi Singh because the prime accused.
Yadav challenged the federal government to cull out the “call details record of Lesi Singh and the SHO of the police station concerned”, alleging that the identical would level in the direction of the involvement of the cupboard member herself.
He additionally blamed the “health sector mafia” in the state for the homicide of Buddhinath Jha alias Avinash Jha, who had gone lacking just a few days in the past and whose charred physique was recovered from a secluded spot in Benipatti police station space of Madhubani on Friday evening.
Family members of Jha have lodged an FIR, alleging that the deceased had uncovered many hospitals and nursing properties working illegally in the district and that these concerned in the companies had obtained him kidnapped and murdered.
The RJD chief additionally blamed the federal government for the hooch tragedies that claimed greater than 40 lives in West Champaran, Gopalganj, Samastipur and Muzaffarpur districts round Deepawali, alleging that illicit liquor enterprise in the dry state was “thriving, with the full support of political leaders in the ruling coalition and the administration”.
“An impartial probe into all such crimes may land all legislators of the ruling NDA behind bars. They will end up being brought in prison vans to attend sessions of the House,” Yadav stated with a rhetorical flourish.Â
