Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Bihar unit president Samrat Choudhary and Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly Vijay Kumar Sinha on Friday collectively slammed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and held him responsible for the communal violence in Nalanda and Rohtas districts throughout Ram Navami processions on March 31.
Both leaders, throughout their go to to Nalanda, accused the Chief Minister of partaking in politics of appeasement and demanded {that a} fee ought to be constituted beneath the chairmanship of the sitting choose of the Patna High Court to analyze the communal violence.
Mr. Choudhary mentioned a delegation of the BJP will meet Bihar Governor Rajendra Vishwanath on May 8 to formally complain about the Nitish Kumar authorities. He mentioned the BJP has no religion in the district administrations and District Magistrates of Rohtas and Nalanda.
“When Biharsharif was burning, Nitish Kumar’s government was sleeping. Today, when we came here, the police force had been deployed, but where were the police when the riots were taking place and firing was all around? If the police would have remained alert during that time, no one would have been killed, places of worship, houses and shops would not have been burnt,“ Mr. Choudhary said.
He alleged that the CM was showing partiality towards the BJP as the district administration does nothing when leaders of the Janata Dal (United) and the Congress visit Nalanda, but implement Section 144 of CrPc during BJP leaders’ visit.
Questions lack of security
Mr. Choudhary further said that it was Mr. Kumar who created the situation of communal violence in the State.
“Why the Nitish Kumar government did not make any security arrangements on the day of Ram Navami? Nitish deliberately did not make security arrangements so that Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s rally could not be held in Bihar. That is why riots were incited in Biharsharif and Sasaram,” Mr. Choudhary alleged.
Mr. Shah was scheduled to deal with a rally in Sasaram on April 2, which was nonetheless cancelled following the violence.
Mr. Choudhary additionally met the relations of Gulshan Kumar, a minor from Biharsharif who was killed in the riots. He assured that they might justice.
On the query of ban on Bajrang Dal, he mentioned that as even Ravana couldn’t bind Lord Hanuman, what would this authorities be capable to do.
Talking about Nitish Kumar’s effort to unite the Opposition and maintain a gathering in Patna after the Karnataka election, Mr. Chaudhary mentioned that the leaders will collect solely for tea and breakfast.
“The Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is a victim of memory loss. Leaders like Karpoori Thakur, George Fernandes, Abdul Gafoor, Devi Lal, V.P. Singh, Digvijay Singh, Sharad Yadav, Shakuni Chowdhary, Lalu Prasad Yadav and many more have been betrayed by Nitish Kumar. He has now lost the trust of the people of Bihar,” Mr. Choudhary mentioned.
Mr. Sinha alleged that individuals of sure communities have been not noted and solely the Hindus have been arrested in the communal violence case. Both leaders together with Biharsharif MLA Dr. Sunil Kumar and BJP staff visited the temple of Baba Mani Ram Akhada the place Ram Navami procession ends yearly. They carried out the rituals as the procession couldn’t finish at the place as a result of communal violence.
